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CM Storm Inferno Software
As mentioned, adjustability is a major facet of this mouse. Pretty much everything you can think to adjust on a laser mouse can be adjusted as well as several things you probably wouldn't think of. For this reason, it is quite important that the software is easy to use. It especially important for the instructions to be clear and concise. First, a warning; While the included software does feature a handy "Reset to Default" option for the mouse in case you make a mistake, you really need to make sure you read the included info in regards to how to use it. The software is quite user friendly and all of the options are clearly labeled, but the software is also very powerful.
The main menu of the software has all of the "typical" options that you would expect to change. It allows you to change the current profile and all of the options specific to that profile. You can change the USB report rate, the motion sensitivity, the double click speed, and the button response. This is stuff that you can mostly do in Windows already, so it isn't that big of a deal.
More notable is the column to the far right. This is the button reassignment section. Among other things, this allows you to change around the button layout from the default one to whatever you want. For example, if you wanted Forward and Back to be the Rapid Fire and Quick Macro key (respectively), you could do so. When combined with the multiple profiles, however, this becomes quite a bit more powerful than that. For example, you could create a profile on the mouse dedicated completely to macro functions (with the exception of the left, right and middle click buttons, which cannot be assigned to macro functions), and then name it as such.
There are a couple of notable quirks with the button relocation feature:
Both of these are far from problems. In fact, they are actually quite brilliant safety measures, because they prevent you from making changes that would basically lead to the equivalent of bricking your mouse. You are always able to switch the profile of the mouse without the software, and once you get it on the default profile you can always use it as a regular mouse.
Towards the bottom of the software window in the middle is the DPI adjustment. These are all individually adjustable to each profile, as mentioned, but one particularly notable thing is that the DPI on each level is separately adjustable in regards to vertical and horizontal motion. It should go without saying that this could make certain forms of graphics editing considerably easier. For those who don't care to separately adjust the two axis, there is a helpful checkbox that locks to two sliders together. Amazingly enough, this directional adjustment is also possible to do without the software if you have the patience to find just the right setting. We tested the built-in method for doing so, and while it does work, simply using the software was quite a bit quicker. Still, the ability being their greatly adds to the versatility of the mouse.
As mentioned, adjustability is a major facet of this mouse. Pretty much everything you can think to adjust on a laser mouse can be adjusted as well as several things you probably wouldn't think of. For this reason, it is quite important that the software is easy to use. It especially important for the instructions to be clear and concise. First, a warning; While the included software does feature a handy "Reset to Default" option for the mouse in case you make a mistake, you really need to make sure you read the included info in regards to how to use it. The software is quite user friendly and all of the options are clearly labeled, but the software is also very powerful.
The main menu of the software has all of the "typical" options that you would expect to change. It allows you to change the current profile and all of the options specific to that profile. You can change the USB report rate, the motion sensitivity, the double click speed, and the button response. This is stuff that you can mostly do in Windows already, so it isn't that big of a deal.
More notable is the column to the far right. This is the button reassignment section. Among other things, this allows you to change around the button layout from the default one to whatever you want. For example, if you wanted Forward and Back to be the Rapid Fire and Quick Macro key (respectively), you could do so. When combined with the multiple profiles, however, this becomes quite a bit more powerful than that. For example, you could create a profile on the mouse dedicated completely to macro functions (with the exception of the left, right and middle click buttons, which cannot be assigned to macro functions), and then name it as such.
There are a couple of notable quirks with the button relocation feature:
- Only 9 of the buttons can be reassigned. This isn't really surprising, as the box specifically mentions such. However, that the two unchangeable buttons (which are the Storm Tactics key and the profile button) still show up on the reassignment panel the same way as the other ones do is rather confusing.
- None of the buttons on the default profile can be reassigned.
Both of these are far from problems. In fact, they are actually quite brilliant safety measures, because they prevent you from making changes that would basically lead to the equivalent of bricking your mouse. You are always able to switch the profile of the mouse without the software, and once you get it on the default profile you can always use it as a regular mouse.
Towards the bottom of the software window in the middle is the DPI adjustment. These are all individually adjustable to each profile, as mentioned, but one particularly notable thing is that the DPI on each level is separately adjustable in regards to vertical and horizontal motion. It should go without saying that this could make certain forms of graphics editing considerably easier. For those who don't care to separately adjust the two axis, there is a helpful checkbox that locks to two sliders together. Amazingly enough, this directional adjustment is also possible to do without the software if you have the patience to find just the right setting. We tested the built-in method for doing so, and while it does work, simply using the software was quite a bit quicker. Still, the ability being their greatly adds to the versatility of the mouse.