My Razer Naga Pro died and I’m absolutely not buying another one for what it costs. But I also can’t seem to find a replacement with the same sort of layout this one had. I’ll link a picture, but I’m essentially looking for a mouse that has a lot of side buttons but still has a place for me to rest my thumb without having to worry about accidentally pressing buttons. I don’t really like 12 button MMO style mice for this reason, as I constantly feel like I’m going to accidentally press a button. Any suggestions are appreciated.

Edit: I also want to note that I’m right handed, and I hate the feel of ambidextrous mice. I like being able to lay my hand on the mouse and know exactly where my fingers are supposed to go.

  • potustheplant@feddit.nl
    2·
    9 months ago

    Razer’s software is only necessary to configure the mouse. It doesn’t need to be running 24/7. It’s also not “unstable” I’ve never had issues with it tbh.

    • Kushan@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      9 months ago

      I have sworn off razer products specifically because of their software. The most egregious thing is their software installation automatically popping up and blocking during a Windows installation (including certain major upgrades). I realise this isn’t something that happens often, but setting off an install, then coming back a few hours later only to find a fucking razer EULA waiting for me to click accept before it’ll carry on through the remaining 75% of the OS installation was the last straw.

      At one point they required you to sign into an account to use the software and at another point they decided to revamp their software, which meant dropping support for my keyboard but I needed it for my mouse so I was in this lovely halfway state where I could use one and not the other? It was fucked. Fuck razer.

      • potustheplant@feddit.nl
        1·
        9 months ago

        Don’t know if the windows installation issue is still a thing because I haven’t formatted since I got my Razer DeathAdder v3 but their software (currently) doesn’t require sign in, doesn’t crash and you don’t need to run it at startup.

        I get that it might have been bad at some point in time but that doesn’t mean it can’t improve. I mean, it already has.

    • Soggy@lemmy.world
      11·
      9 months ago

      Their shit crashed weekly and I couldn’t access my mouse configuration presets. Crashed less often after I downloaded Razer’s software hub as well but it meant another program at launch, another pointless account to log in and track, and still didn’t work all the time.

      • potustheplant@feddit.nl
        1·
        9 months ago

        I don’t know how far back you’re talking about but I’ve had literally 0 crashes. Maybe it used to be worse but it works fine now.

        Currently, you only need “razer synapse” and no, you don’t need to run it at startup. Like I already said, you only need to open it if you want to change your device configuration or update the firmware. It also doesn’t require any form of sign in.

        • Soggy@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          It was four months ago, Synapse was the program that didn’t work right, and my presets would not load until I finessed Synapse into launching. This required running Cortex. Was a Deathadder Elite.

          • potustheplant@feddit.nl
            1·
            9 months ago

            Something was wrong with your install. I don’t need Synapse running at all and I’ve had this mouse since September 2023.

            • Soggy@lemmy.world
              1·
              9 months ago

              Well I tried reinstalling the software and the drivers and nothing fixed it except starting Cortex before Synapse. And then the mouse started dropping clicks so I binned it and I’m done with the company for the forseeable future.