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I recently upgraded my mouse and keyboard to the Logitech Wave wireless combo.

The keyboard is taking a bit of getting used to (odd location and sizing of the delete, home, and end keys)   and the wave design of the keyboards is... different.

Overall though I am very pleased with the hardware. The mouse seems responsive and the keyboard is packed with loads of "doohickey" keys for launching media players, my favorite applications, pictures, even Windows media center (which I had never run before getting this keyboard and pressing the media center key). For all of its hardware whiz-banginess (I know its not a real word, but Google returns 39 hits of that phrase, so I feel ok using it), its lacking in the configuration software. Yes, I can map my keys to a predefined set of functions, but I want more. I want to define custom keyboard and mouse buttons for different applications. Logitech ships with special configurations for word, explorer, and a few others but it doesn't allow for user-defined applications and key mappings. Gee, the Intellipoint software that came with my old Microsoft mouse let me configure my mouse buttons per application. Great, now I have intellipoint envy.

Sometimes Google scares me in its omnipotent, oracle-like (that's oracle with a little o, not Oracle as in database) wisdom. I complained to Google "Logitech SetPoint Mouse Configuration Custom Settings" and it returned me a link to UberOptions.

UberOptions blows the lid off SetPoint's limited UI and allows me to map any key or button to any conceivable action, for any application. Now we're talking! A quick download and setup, and a few minutes later I once again had Visual Studio dancing like a puppet on a string.

Update:  A reader has pointed out that home site for UberOptions appears to be down.  So for now, I'll host the setup on my site.  You can download the setup for UberOptions v4.06 Beta here (you'll want to rename the .exe_ extension to .exe prior to running the setup).  I also stumbled upon this mirror site

 

Richard Owens (the author of UberOptions) has informed me the UberOptions has a new home http://www.mstarmetro.net/users/rlowens.  I'll keep hosting the v4.06 Beta as a mirror.

posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:01 PM

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# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 1/17/2008 2:49 AM anon
I love uberoptions and just went to see if there was an update... and it's gone! :(

Anyone have any idea where ?

# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 1/17/2008 9:34 AM Chris
I've updated the posting to include a link to the setup I used to install UberOptions. Enjoy.

# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 1/18/2008 7:37 PM Altair
I just want to thank you for hosting this, I did a google search for uberoptions after I went to download it from the homepage (just reinstalled) and found your site. After getting used to it I don't think I could live without it for even a day, it's great software!

# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 1/23/2008 12:27 PM Bodkins
Thank yuo for hosting, was struggling to find it til i found on yuor site.

It works great!!!


# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 1/24/2008 8:28 PM anon
I'm the first commenter... http://rlowens.googlepages.com/ ;) Appears to be an official mirror, although there's no word of what happened to the main site

# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 2/15/2008 1:38 PM Richard L. Owens
Glad you find uberOptions useful.

The new URL for uberOptions is http://www.mstarmetro.net/users/rlowens

# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 4/7/2008 1:28 PM Confused
I'm confused. While I like uberoptions, I don't know why you complain that Setpoint didn't support program-specific key bindings. It always has done so, by default, and the configuration screen is very simple and intuitive. Maybe your Setpoint was bugged, which happens a lot.

# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 5/25/2008 8:38 AM Gareth Evans
This does NOT do what the editor says. Allow you to map anything to anything.

I simply want to map scroll up and scroll down to keystrokes for an app. Will it let me do it? Nope. No reason why, the option is not given.

It overwirtes any keymappings you may already have BTW.

# re: UberOptions - Filling the hole in Logitech Mouse Configuration 5/25/2008 9:09 AM wtfChris
I mapped my scolls to actions inside visual studio without issue. You might want to post your particular query using the contact info on the UberOptions site (http://www.mstarmetro.net/users/rlowens).

During the install, it clearly states that is overwrites your existing keymapping. I believe it even gives you the option to backup your existing map file as part of the install.


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