Press Release: March 28, 2011High-Performance Gaming Mice Don't PerformOxford, England, March 28, 2011 - With only two exceptions, so-called "high-performance" gaming mice don't actually perform any better than cheap laser office mice, declared U.K. mouse maker WarMouse. The manufacturer of the revolutionary, multi-button WarMouse Meta, introduced last summer and dubbed "The King of All Computer Mice" by Trends Updates, made the shocking claim in conjunction with its release of its Metalocity mouse speed testing software, designed to measure the actual performance of one mouse versus another when utilizing point-and-click interfaces. "There have been a lot of claims about mouse speed from various companies," said WarMouse Lead Designer Theodore Beale. "But there is never any evidence supporting them. The claims are always based on some nebulous factor like the unicorn hair used in the glide pads or whatever. What we've provided with Metalocity is an objective, empirical, and scientific means of permitting mouse users to measure precisely how fast any given mouse performs in comparison with four different interfaces, icon, menu, hotkey, and multi-button. And while we weren't surprised to learn that the Meta is the fastest mouse in the world, as that's exactly what we designed it to be, we were astonished to learn that there was essentially no difference in actual performance between a cheap $12 mouse and a high-end gaming mouse that costs ten times more." In extensive tests that involved 500-click series of randomly generated commands, WarMouse was able to determine that the 18-button Meta is 30.89 percent faster than the second-fastest mouse, the Razer Naga, and 111.85 percent faster than the combined average speed of mice using a conventional icon and pull-down menu interface. The Meta is also 32 percent faster than keyboard hotkeys. But even more surprising than the impressive performances by the two multi-button mice was the fact that there was only a 16-percent difference between the slowest mouse using the conventional point-and-click interface and the fastest one. The speed tests also indicated that there was no correspondence between the expense of a mouse and its performance. In fact, the slowest laser mouse was not one of the low-end office mice, but a gaming mouse that retails for nearly $100. 
Aside from the multi-button interface, the two factors that were determined to be the most important in determining the speed of a mouse were not its price, its manufacturer, or its specifications, but rather the presence of a laser sensor and the user's familiarity with the mouse. "It's no secret that keyboard hotkeys are faster than icons and menus," remarked Tony Elvidge, WarMouse's vice-president of sales. "What the Meta does is put the hotkeys right on your mouse, although instead of hitting two or three keys in combination, you merely have to click one button. Of course it's faster. Metalocity proves that the multi-button interface is the the first significant advance in mouse technology since the move from optical to laser sensors." 
In order to allow independent verification of its unexpected results, WarMouse has made its Metalocity mouse performance testing software available for free download from its site. It can be used with any mouse operating on a Microsoft Windows system. Metalocity can be downloaded from the Documentation and Downloads page at WarMouse.com, the direct link is http://warmouse.com/documentation.html. The WarMouse Meta is now available for $79.99 for Windows and Linux-based operating systems and includes the Metalocity speedtest software.
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28/03/11 WarMouse Meta Press Release