MattKelly said:



Link to post: I like that it will have the extra height on the sides (provides more room for the ring / pinky fingers to sit comfortably). I just wish the mouse was a bit shorter. Any thoughts on the long post I made regarding base length / overhang for the small version, @bst Link to post: http://www.overclock.net/forum/375-mice/1635281-new-ninox-mouse-ninox-astrum-swapable-shells-72.html#post27374785 Click to expand...

Sorry, I forgot to reply to your post, I wanted to think about it, but just haven't had much time. I'm immersed in the medium size one at the momentMy initial thoughts about it, and just in general, is it never really comes down to one thing, like the base length. The position of the hump, the height, the shape of the sides, the curvature of the hump as seen from the rear view, the width and so on all play their part in how the mouse feels.I'm not sure that the idea of the ring finger being closer to the front gives more control, because a mouse isn't like a pen. If you hold a pen further up, then the movement of the pen relative to your finger movement is magnified, but that doesn't happen with a mouse since the sensor isn't right at the front. I'm not completely dismissing your idea, just not sure about itThe Astrum S will probably have a different front design to it though, because on the normal Astrum I don't have to worry about the front edge being super comfortable, since 99.9% of people's fingers will never reach it. But with the small version, I have to keep in mind that some people like to use a mouse which is a smaller size than is really suited to their hand size, so the front will most likely wrap around more in a curve, so its comfortable to rest your finger against it.I can probably make the mouse 2mm thinner each side, for a 54mm width. It probably won't have the adjustable sensor, since there would be less room for it. But it'd be a light mouse, maybe down to 60g.I really appreciate your post and any ideas, at the moment though I'm not focusing on the small mouse, I don't want to spend time on it yet, because theres enough to do with the larger version. I think in about 2 months, as long as the Astrum gets funded, I'll be ready to start designing the Astrum S, then we can talk about it in detail and get the design worked out. But so far the idea is something like this:- Investigate reducing the width- Shorten the length- Decrease the height- Make the front more curvy/comfortableThe thing about reducing the base length is, if I do that then the vertical angle from the top of the front buttons, to the front of the base, will be very large, so the front buttons would have to raise up to help make it a less aggressive angle. I have to try and see how that changes the feel of the mouse.