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unusual facts about computer mouse



André Guignard

Working at the LAMI of the EPFL with Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud, he designed and realised in 1977 the first modern computer mouse, that started the successful Logitech diversification.

PCPaint

The hardware manufacturer Mouse Systems bundled PCPaint with millions of computer mice that they sold, making PCPaint also the best-selling MS-DOS-based paint program of the late 1980s.

René Sommer

Along with Professor Jean-Daniel Nicoud and André Guignard, Sommer helped invent the computer mouse at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne.

Windows 8.1

It was also found that changes to screen resolution handling on 8.1 resulted in mouse input lag in certain video games that do not use the DirectInput API's—particularly first-person shooter games, including Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Hitman: Absolution, and Metro 2033.

Wolverine: Manifest Destiny

Dave Wilkins's cover art for the first issue was used on a Wolverine themed computer mouse.


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Graphic adventure game

The graphic adventure genre has seen a rebirth with the introduction of new video game hardware like the Nintendo DS, and Wii, that allows the gamer to interact with the game similarly to using a computer mouse.