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WebRacer lets you browse via mouse buttons
Kensington's mega-mouse dedicates no fewer than 13 buttons to common browser functions.
November 6, 1998
Web posted at: 9:40 AM EST
by David Essex
(IDG) -- The new WebRacer input device puts common Web-browsing functions -- such as Back, Forward, Reload, Stop, and Print -- a button-push away. Offered by Kensington Technology Group, the device should be in stores in January with a street price of $60.
The curved, low-profile device comes with an 8-foot cord, so you can place it on the desktop or hold it in your hand. A palm rest, touchpad, and scroll bars are built in. You can program four of the mouse buttons using Kensington's MouseWorks software.
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In addition to the five Quick Keys for browsing, WebRacer has a dedicated key that takes you directly to your e-mail program. Six additional Preset buttons provide one-touch access to favorite Web sites. You program them as you would car-radio buttons, by going to a site and holding down the button until the setting registers. A power-scroll button provides access to the bookmark list without the usual pointing and clicking of pull-down menus; from here, you can access sites or add new ones.
Kensington also includes the Soft Keyboard function in the package, which brings up an on-screen keyboard that you control with WebRacer's touchpad to enter text in search engines, for example.
WebRacer is the first input device that dedicates a button to each of the main browser functions. Kensington already sells the Internet Mouse, which integrates dedicated scrolling buttons and programmable left- and right-click buttons into the standard mouse design. WebRacer comes with both serial and PS/2 mouse connections and works with Windows 95, 98, and NT.