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How often have you had someone ask you something, then grab your mouse to show you what they are talking about? After a while you both start grabbing the mouse off each other.
Wouldn't it be nice if workstations had two mice: one for the user and one for the visitor. The visitor mouse would be restricted in what it could do and the cursor would be different.
Actually that wouldn't be as far fetched as some people would think. It would be (relatively) easy to do on an open source OS like linux for example, where you can get your hands on all the code. However i don't think you could extend windows in this manner, you'd have to mess with the ms mouse driver, which i don't think they release code for. But if you come up with something that works you should definetly copyright it and pitch the idea somewhere. If that comes up empty you can always just keep it for yourself, either way good luck on the idea.
I only thought about this one because I operate my mouse with my left hand, even though I'm right handed. This means I won't pick up the wrong mouse. I can see a problem picking up the wrong rodent if both rodents are on the same side.
I suppose I'll have to find out about Linux device drivers first. What a brilliant way to spend Christmas and New Year.