Evoluent VerticalMouse 3 (Rev. 2)

The Evoluent VerticalMouse 3 is a major advance in mouse evolution!

• Its patented shape supports your hand in a relaxed handshake position that eliminates forearm twisting.
• The mouse remains stable when pressing buttons because the thumb naturally opposes the finger movements.
• More intuitive / less of a learning curve than central pointing devices or touchpads.

• Relaxed Handshake Position: The ergomically contoured shape supports your hand in a natural handshake position that eliminates forearm twisting. You use the same familiar grip as with an ordinary mouse, but in a vertical orientation, so almost no retraining is needed. Clicking the mouse buttons does not result in unwanted movement because your thumb naturally opposes your finger movements.
• Contoured and Textured: The contoured black portion of the body where you hold the mouse has a polyurethane coating, allowing you to have complete control of the mouse just by resting your hand on it — practically eliminating the need to grip the mouse.
• Light Tactile Buttons: The buttons on the VerticalMouse take about half the force of traditional mice to click, so your fingers won't get tired with all the clicking required in today's computer applications. The button force is light for easy clicking, but still firm enough to avoid accidental actuation.
• Optical Scroll Wheel: The vertical scroll wheel is optical, providing improved reliability and quiet, smooth operation. Detents provide useful tactile feedback when scrolling.
• 5 Buttons: The VerticalMouse provides a total of 5 buttons. A thumb operated button and 3 finger operated buttons are provided. Also, the scroll wheel provides a fourth button at your fingertips.
• 2600 DPI Optical Resolution: With an optical sensor at this resolution, the amount of movement required for cursor control is reduced without any loss in precision or accuracy — making it perfect for AutoCAD, photo editing, web surfing or playing your favourite game. The Avago 3080 gaming grade infrared optical sensor tracks more accurately than most laser sensors on the majority of surfaces.
• Selectable Resolution: A button and indicator light on the bottom of the mouse allows you to set the resolution to 2600, 1800, 1300 or 800 DPI.
• Finger Flange: A small ledge along the bottom right edge of the mouse prevents your little finger from dragging on the work surface.
• Programmable Buttons: Using the latest driver, all 5 buttons are programmable to many different functions. This allows you to customize and optimize your mouse, speeding up common tasks with a single click. Some of the more commonly used programmable button features are described below. Also, you can create customized button programming for different applications so that depending on which application is active, your mouse can perform different preset programmable functions (Note: Button 1, normally left click, cannot be reprogrammed with 2006 or older drivers.)
• Speed Toggle: Cycle through as many as 3 pointer speed settings with a keyboard shortcut or mouse button. For example, use a high speed for moving between monitors, a medium speed for ordinary tasks and a slow speed for graphics work.
• Auto Click: Automatically perform a single or double click by pausing the pointer. The time delay before activation is adjustable.
• Click Lock (or Drag Lock): Press and hold a button momentarily to simulate continued pressing without holding down the button. The time delay before activation is adjustable.
• Break Reminder: Set up visual and/or audio alerts to remind you to take a break.

• Width: 3.15" (8.0 cm)
• Depth (front-to-back): 4.45" (11.3 cm)
• Height: 3.03" (7.7 cm)
• Weight: 5.3 oz (150 grams) (Wireless VM3W-R model is 8.8 oz [250 grams])
• Cable length: 80" (2 m)
• Optical resolution: 800, 1300, 1800 (factory default) or 2600 DPI
• Buttons: 1 for thumb, 3 buttons + scroll wheel button for fingers
• Compatibility - PC: See also the compatibility table.
  • All Windows operating systems have basic functionality without a driver, with the buttons having these fixed functions:
    • Top button (1): Left click
    • Middle button (2): Right click
    • Bottom button (3): Back
    • Scroll wheel button (4): Middle click (not supported in some applications)
    • Thumb button (5): Forward
  • Includes driver for XP 32 bit, Vista 32 bit and Win 7 32 bit for programming all 5 buttons.
  • The driver is not required. The VerticalMouse 3 (Rev. 2) still has basic functionality without it.
  • Freeware driver for other Windows versions at www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/XMouseButtonControl.htm Although it is freeware, please make a donation to the author if you like it. (Neither Micwil Group of Companies Ltd. or Evoluent has a business relationship with this vendor.)
• Compatibility - Mac:
  • 2 buttons in OS X or newer without a driver.
  • Top button (1): Left click
  • Middle button (2): Right click
  • Bottom button (3): (no function)
  • Scroll wheel button (4): (no function)
  • Thumb button (5): (no function)
  • Shareware drivers are available at www.plentycom.jp/en/steermouse and www.usboverdrive.com for programming the buttons. (Neither Micwil Group of Companies or Evoluent has a business relationship with these vendors.)
• Compatibility - Unix: Not compatible.
• Compatibility - Linux: No driver is supplied. At least left and right click are supported by most Linux versions. See this external link on how to configure the buttons: https://www.ollisalonen.com/btnx/man/btnx-manual.html.
  5 buttons in XFree 4.0.1 or higher and Knoppix Linux 3.9 or higher without a driver.
  • Top button (1): Left click
  • Middle button (2): Right click
  • Bottom button (3): Middle click
  • Scroll wheel button (4): Middle click
  • Thumb button (5): Right click
• Available drivers:
  • Evoluent VerticalMouse drivers
  • Be sure to uninstall any previous Evoluent or VerticalMouse driver and any other mouse driver before installing the driver.
    The buttons are programmable after the Windows driver is installed:
    1. Double click the mouse icon on the taskbar to open Evoluent Mouse Manager.
    2. Pull down the button function menus to select the functions.
  • Freeware driver for Windows Vista 64 / XP 64 / 2003 / 2000.
  • As it is freeware, please feel free to make a donation to the author if you like the software. (Neither Micwil Group of Companies Ltd. or Evoluent has any business relationship with this vendor.)
  • Shareware driver for Mac OS X / OS 9 ($20)
  • This driver will enable all buttons and the scroll function. (Neither Micwil Group of Companies Ltd. or Evoluent has any business relationship with this vendor.)
• Programmable driver functions: To see a list of all the programmable functions for the VerticalMouse 2 (wired) & 3 (wired and wireless) click here.
• Interface: USB only; not compatible with PS/2 adapters. May be compatible with some USB KVM switches but it is not guaranteed.
• Warranty: 2 years