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I’ve been using it for many years, I think it’s one of the oldest alternative mouse driver for Mac. Highly recommended to those who want to avoid the bloated (and now AI powered, for whatever it means) Logitech software.

eurleif · 2 years ago

AFAIK, the AI thing is just shortcut/macro button(s) to activate ChatGPT? It's not like they put AI in charge of determining where you meant to click, or anything goofy like that.

andrei_says_ · 2 years ago

Does it work with the additional buttons on logi mice?

Eric_WVGG · 2 years ago

It works on my Razer mouse that has a freaking 12 number keypad on the side, so I'd bet heavily, and there's a free demo.

thejohnconway · 2 years ago

Yes. It works on all buttons and scrollwheels on all mice I have ever tried (including several Logitech ones).

kstrauser · 2 years ago

It does on my MX Vertical. It also lets you set different actions per app. I've used that to bind the forward and backward buttons to do the right thing in most apps I touch so I have a universal shortcut for that navigation.

TymekDev · 2 years ago

If you need to adjust cursor speed and want scroll behavior to differ between the TrackPad and a mouse, then I can vouch for LinearMouse [1]. It is free of charge and open-source, and perfectly covers my needs.

[1]: https://github.com/linearmouse/linearmouse

rcoilliot · 2 years ago

ranqet · 2 years ago

I just wanted to also suggest BetterMouse (https://better-mouse.com). SteerMouse is great, but it lacks the ability to map gestures to the thumb button on the MX Master mice. BetterMouse allows you to do that and has a UI thats a bit more understandable.

ryanjamurphy · 2 years ago

Thanks for this recommendation. I've tried SteerMouse and other alternatives in the past and haven't stuck with them (can't recall why exactly) but would dearly like to get away from Logitech's software.

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Great piece of software, used it for years. It’s great knowing you can buy any mouse with whatever buttons and you can make it work just how you want.

ezekg · 2 years ago

Until moving to Windows, this made my mouse on macOS bearable. Removed all accel with 1600 sens so that when I went from macOS for work to Windows for gaming back to macOS for work, I wouldn't lose my mind. Nowadays I just stick to Windows because WSL2 is pretty rad. But SteerMouse saved my sanity for quite a few years.

ilrwbwrkhv · 2 years ago

Amazing piece of software. This is what software should be: useful, super fast and gets out of the way. These days software is so needy and slow. Looking at you Slack.

daed · 2 years ago

To add to this: I bought a Steermouse license well over a decade ago. I paid once. I’ve been using it ever since and it’s maintained and updated. No subscription. Isn’t charging for updates. This is what software should be.

ibash · 2 years ago

The industry has definitely lost an element of craftsmanship and desire to build great software for people.

TechRemarker · 2 years ago

Never heard of it until DaringFireball mentioned the other day, which is presumably why it's on HackerNews today. Neat tool. https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/05/06/hackett-logitec...

atonse · 2 years ago

I'm a very happy user of SteerMouse for years now. The logitech app was very unstable (and increasingly bloated) to just be able to customize a couple of things for the MX Master 3.

SteerMouse does all that, is hidden away in preferences where it belongs, and It Just Works™

It's a separate app now and doesn't live in preferences anymore.

stronglikedan · 2 years ago

Do you still get hyperscrolling without the logitech software?

Is that inertial scrolling? Then yes.