History of the Mouse

Did you know the first computer mouse looked like a wooden box with pizza cutters attached to it? How did we get from that to the laser-based RGB mice we know and love today?
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[@Banties]

I can relate to this because I use a mouse

[@Moses_VII]

I only use cats. Easier when you have bigger hands.

[@LoneBeastYT]

@@Moses_VII i have dogs, hands are too easy to use, I use legs

[@12KTOYOTA]

Omg same

[@LoneBeastYT]

@@vacumviovana8801 not to mention all the shit it is not able take out.

[@tobiwobichan]

GamingWithArbion Gaming mmmm, *noice*

[@quang134]

Believe or not, my school still use a ball mouse with a monitor older than my teacher age

[@notyranxzy]

Whaa

[@riomonkey1978]

Don’t doubt it

[@theoldsarcasticpineapple]

What the ....

[@htc334]

i trust you

[@brandontran3582]

Minh quang is my brothers name

[@discoball3709]

5:30 you really had to choose that mousepad for the explanation...

[@luminiscenciaa]

Yuck

[@thedipperdapper3806]

ah yes

[@fytscosmic841]

Yes ded pol

[@aduptuniform2647]

Why not!!

[@meliodasonline1443]

yes, because who does not like deadpool

[@Ghost_PM11]

When the scroll wheel came out we called it the clitoris. Damn I'm old.

[@random_gamer_guy82]

I wish my Mrs. Would play with her scroll wheel for me

[@TamjeedFN]

Yuj

[@connorconnor2421]

clitoris 3:59

[@JorgetePanete]

Huh? Is that a minecraft mod?

[@Sasha-sj4xe]

Could men not find it?

[@KurNorock]

The very first mouse had a braided cord. Noice

[@Nugcon]

bruh

[@HerculesStrength]

Lol

[@yuukoyuukoi476]

@@HerculesStrength ooo

[@trajectoryunown]

@@HerculesStrength I'm half convinced that you're actually an FBI agent flexing on all of us by letting us know you're ever present in our online communities.

[@HerculesStrength]

Yes im an actual fbi agent but im retired

[@nikanj]

Who here is old enough to remember having to remove the ball of a mouse to clear all the gunk off the axle every month or so?

[@jjplaysfordays5601]

Or losing the cap thingy and never being able to use that mouse again. I was that child.

[@Sovek86]

Good Lord did I hate trackball's. I remember finding optical Belkin mice at Big Lots for a decent price and never went back. Though the thick cords still sucked and would frequently get tangled up to the point where I ditched wires once wireless optical mice came on the market.

[@abcmole]

I used mine so much I wore the trackball down on one side and it would slide and not roll . Strangely it was cheaper to buy a new mouse than to buy a replacement trackball, which was like double the price. I miss CompUSA.

[@razvanmiracom]

Optical/laser mice also need cleaning. Or at least the cheap ones that have no teflon feet do. Gunk sticks to the plastic feet and the mouse won't slide properly if not cleaned.

[@abhilashputti8803]

Myrmidon me

[@sebastianerivesmejia4474]

Sadly, apple turned from a tech revolution company to a premium expensive company.

[@xxalex423xx]

Lol it always was that dumb steve supporting the mac instead of apple 2

[@nexenojustice552]

xxalex423xx He was young back then, didn’t realize Wozniak’s vision

[@nuclear7559]

Apple is trash... It was never like this at the beginning of apple

[@420sakura1]

Sadly it still makes tech with better build quality and design. If you show me an Alienware and a MacBook without showing spec. I will always choose MacBook

[@Entropy67]

​@@420sakura1 lol that’s the exact opposite of the truth, find a good razor laptop and use that with mac os if you have to. Mac's only good point is their software and ecosystem, the hardware they use is extremely prone to failure with expensive replacement costs, and most failures can just be avoided with small changes. Apple as a company would rather put a ticking time bomb in your hardware then make it responsibly because they know that you will end up giving them more money when it eventually dies. I'm sure that as an apple fan, you would like to believe that I’m not telling you the truth. If you think so, please go watch some Louis Rossman vids on irresponsible company behavior from apple.

[@LegioXXI]

'member when people claimed the "end of the mouse" with the introduction of touch screen (especially after the iPad) and voice control? Still waiting.... :D

[@chistinelane]

A totally cute and innocent guy it's technically not needed if you can memorize the right keyboard shortcuts.

[@trajectoryunown]

@@chistinelane I wish I had the will to learn these. Nothing makes you look like you know what you're doing on a computer more than not touching the mouse. It also legitimately seems faster.

[@Mentorcase]

Lovely using a touch screen whilst eating fish and chips with salt sauce on em!

[@latinaparfait]

@@trajectoryunown it makes you look like an idiot.

[@nobel9547]

Csgo and the y u the y u the y u the y u the y u the y u the y z

[@zeikjt]

Xerox was such a pioneer back in those days, absolute legends.

[@irllcd13]

Kind of like Intel? And Nvidia?

[@luckylukeskywalker]

@@irllcd13 nah, the xerox research project group, or however they called it, came up with very many concepts xerox didn't really want, but are great inventions that are basic functionality in nowerdays electronics, like the GraphicalUserInterface

[@832738]

I remember my teachers wouldn’t even say laminate they just say xerox this for me

[@danimayb]

And the Royal Navy lol Thanks to them, The whole idea of a computer mouse became.

[@MrWinotu]

Windows operating system was created by Xerox, and Gates simply bought it and adopted to common use on PC.

[@TximYT]

This guy sounds like he’s gonna sell me a car

[@lunawinxp]

*whispers: **lttstore.com*

[@jacopolobianco]

r/rareinsults

[@Asav_Edits]

lmfao

[@johngavin2570]

Bill English died today. He helped build the first prototype of the mouse as we know it today. RIP.

[@Magnamhut]

I'm late but R. I. P

[@azuldraconic5141]

Condolences for him :(

[@tonyrock7375]

look up håkan lans en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A5kan_Lans

[@rileyenglish1568]

my grandad is called bill english what a coincedence

[@poison9205]

for 1 moment , i though that u had written Billie Eilish 😂

[@brapptv44]

2:44 I swear I hear auto tune 😂

[@no-pf7hz]

xD

[@nikkos4879]

2:34

[@Magnamhut]

I thought his voice was normally this squeaky

[@catl9282]

i heard assholes

[@GuyXVIII]

Linus is dropping a killer verse on our asses.

[@Dogboy708]

9 minute Techquickie. 3 minute Linustechtips. Anyone else see a problem here?

[@Mango13200]

Linustechtips is da Best channel

[@jahjoeka]

One guy too many shows?

[@SE-xg2pi]

Yes. Neither are long enough.

[@alexander6978]

When they add up it equals 69

[@thealandude9146]

You mean Linus sex tips

[@nitish.anand99]

Back when balls were not always associated with genitals.

[@xbotscythe]

I love gripping wooden mice with it's ball at the bottom and wooden body. what the hell am I doing

[@PH96Official]

Now here's a funny comment 🤣

[@braydenreiman727]

You have alot of balls for commenting this

[@BasicRock123]

Yeah simple days where you could just call it ball instead of kickball basketball

[@AndroidX1X]

How about eggs?

[@vukasintomic2995]

0:58 That setup looks dope

[@brandonezdoofenshmirtz2916]

Ikr

[@Poppyl0l]

Ikr

[@TheRealOderless635gnat]

Ikr

[@marcossantillan676]

Ikr

[@barabbaMG]

Ikr

[@cobralexis]

Im doing a science project on computer mice, so this helps me

[@HerculesStrength]

Same

[@brick_fan]

3:25 Thats still better than my setup 😐

[@nexenojustice552]

Random Trust me, it isn’t. It doesn’t even have a color screen

[@bananatiger]

@@nexenojustice552 bro u missed the point

[@ardaozden887]

@@nexenojustice552 r/woooosh

[@nexenojustice552]

Arda Ozden Just getting the facts out there, plus this ain’t reddit

[@ardaozden887]

@@nexenojustice552 wooooshes happen outside of Reddit too ತ_ʖತ

[@barrelofjim]

1:03 Those are some odd looking horses.

[@LoneBeastYT]

Agreed

[@noorhafizat]

People sitting on a people sitting on a motorcycle. I think long version of this will make a tongue twisters.

[@minhtiendo8986]

Thats not a horse you dumb. Those are unicorns

[@Strodie567]

3:20 You should have mentioned that Apple first used the mouse in the Apple Lisa, which predated the original Macintosh (and the original Microsoft Mouse).

[@goodoc8248]

now you should do a video called: History of the Mouse (animal edition)

[@hamzacheema321]

Bruh 🤣

[@stephensnell1379]

Don't be such an IDIOT

[@yajurphullera9396]

I feel bad for Xerox. They could have been a great software company.

[@feynstein1004]

Did Microsoft and Apple actually rip Xerox off?

[@mangshu21]

where i live Photocopy is called xerox so there's that..

[@michaelcollins966]

Feynstein 100 Xerox set up the Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) in California to research what a digital office could look like (they were worried about photocopier sales). They got some great minds together and they actually come up with some amazing things - basically designed the computer of the early 90’s, but in the late 70’s. They showed their creations to headquarters, but the bosses didn’t understand it. Jobs heard about it, arranged to see it and then licensed the tech (and took some staff) and made the Macintosh. While looking for software developers, he showed a prototype to Gates, and the rest is history.

[@feynstein1004]

+Michael Collins That sounds exactly like the plot of Pirates of Silicon Valley. Do we have any references for this?

[@michaelcollins966]

the doco series 'triumph of the nerds', you can find it on youtube. heaps of good interviews and insights in there. Pirates of Silicon Valley was partially inspired by the totn, but stretched some aspects for the story.

[@aaroninhere]

Ahhh, the ball mouse......those were the old days. No, I didn't forget "good".

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

Aaron Blue lol

[@Cerus98]

They were good. It paved the way for every new advancement we’ve had.

[@aaroninhere]

Cerus98 you got a point. 👍🏾

[@TheNiteNinja19]

Plus they were good for throwing at people with their metal cores.

[@llothar68]

Metal cores? You must have bought the real high end class. I never got anything else then plastic and rubber.

[@dominic0305]

5:52 Huh, no wonder my 2010 Logitech mouse advertises the laser part so much...

[@gavinmcginness3423]

3:50 reminds me of the cyber truck

[@memesaregreat8815]

5:46 sound efect

[@user-bq7ip6rd4z]

Lol

[@thneed7227]

Lol

[@JustBlixen1]

pro pro ???

[@JustBlixen1]

??

[@five5105]

Wait, is Linus wearing a Jibo shirt? Are you being held hostage, Linus?

[@nicholashoi3155]

I thought he hate JIBO

[@marekklucka4407]

Well he spent a lot of money on that thing, so... I guess he is his own hostage

[@deadfool179]

Jibo got better and he made a new jibo vid, he actually likes jibo now

[@marky3609]

Lazy Yea I know right I thought he hated Jibo?

[@Graystripe000]

At that point in time, he wore the shirt satirically.

[@johnhanna5068]

5:31 this cannot be unseen....

[@eriksen7022]

You are the first comment what comments 5:31 ILLUMINATI

[@missingno2401]

this has been scarred into my mind

[@memesaregreat8815]

5:46 sound efect

[@brodys5173]

5:16 A boomslang (pronounced bwoom-slung) is a very deadly south African snake. It comes from afrikaans. Boom=tree, slang=snake so it translates to tree snake. Edit: I know this was very unnecessary🤣

[@fidelcastro4783]

In het Nederlands is het dan beter vertaald, letterlijk gewoon 'boom' en 'slang'.

[@hadeda1268]

Yster!!!!

[@jackbrehmer1292]

Respect Lol

[@justincoltharp9701]

Razer has always marketed products under a specific type Keyboard often being insects Mice reptiles Gamepads mythology and so on

[@yuyukosfaithfulservant]

@@fidelcastro4783 speak English please

[@pastuh]

I remember day when switched from ball-mouse to optical-mouse. It was amazing :D I could win Counter-Strik1.5 without problem

[@cementguy2183]

Me too i plei conter stirk 1.69 also wun ez

[@pastuh]

@@cementguy2183 GYGY

[@iingardinhio6173]

@@cementguy2183 great English dude

[@SpencerPetersen]

I remember when we switched from an optical mouse to a ball mouse.

[@plus12gaming]

Who else remembers having to clean the gunk out of the mouse so the ball would move properly?

[@benderisgreat1469]

Plus12 Gaming I still do keep it 1996

[@faolor6468]

Plus12 Gaming how many ball mice have u owned we owed 2 and 1 as for my toy laptop

[@soupgodtm3428]

That deadpool mouse pad tho

[@n4nders]

Kinda kinky

[@BlueDragon_]

Thanks used this for my school project

[@LinusMOGEL]

Did you know that a mouse today register as a HID (HID USB) that stands for Human interface device.

[@BillAnt]

Yes especially the HIDden mouse xD

[@RMSLusitania]

Really? Oh no no everyone knows that

[@theonlyarjun]

mouse used to have some balls.............

[@thefrench8847]

:))))

[@PH96Official]

Your comment should read: Mice used to have some big balls, learn proper grammar dammit!!!!!

[@hutaosupreme478]

HYAHaHA

[@cathacker13]

Now they just have small hole that glows red ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@TheAverageNooob]

05:30 no one going to comment on that

[@Wetballs]

TheAverageNoob lol

[@rhyzevoid9062]

05:31

[@n_xw]

XDDDD WTF

[@yakazurul.9190]

TheAverageNoob LOL WTF

[@g01d3nfreddyYT]

@@aaronmorino4235 its Deadpool with boobs wtf I feel stupid saying this.

[@mitkobomba]

0:16 good ol' windows 7 wallpapers

[@cheeseloaf7788]

When your mouse works on clear glass, and your bugged by scratches, Linus: a mouse that detects small scratches and dust,

[@josedanielpedreira4844]

Linus feels so bad about trashing Jibo a few months ago that now he's giving them publicity! LOL

[@MrGameteller]

José Daniel Pedreira out of the loop.

[@karlo7w]

So care to get us into the loop? Why does he wear their shirt?

[@deadfool179]

José Daniel Pedreira he has made a new video on jibo, take a look!!!

[@theharbingerofconflation]

*when you put a full 32-arm processor to a mouse...* _Yo we heard you like computers, so we made a computer out of the thing with which you control your computer!_

[@SilencioTortilla]

Hase lmao

[@aklankrisz]

5:06 I've been using such a mouse for 15 years. I just had to repair the cable twice. Very good design.

[@lanedj801]

This is probably my favorite series you do. Although I love watching you talk to Alexa through realistic textured singing fish.

[@loganyee542]

6:56 his voice just decides not to live anymore

[@nepgearmemes4435]

I see lol

[@prezidenttrump5171]

@@SableWard0113 You'd be surprised how moronic people are. Too deep into MEME's and furry porn to learn descriptors for different aspects of human nature.

[@JorgetePanete]

@@prezidenttrump5171 memes*

[@prezidenttrump5171]

@@JorgetePanete MeeMee's.

[@frtcristi2735]

@@prezidenttrump5171 r/wooooooosh

[@thepalestripper]

You should program an rgb mouse to change colors based on its location on the mouse pad.

[@Kadencabs]

6:38 HEY THATS MY MOUSE

[@jordanvelazquez6321]

The creator of the mouse has passed. Moment of silence for the pioneer to the tech we have now.

[@Nosidda]

I remember using a ball mouse when I was 6 or 7 on our old Windows 95 PC. Technology has come a long way.

[@BeanieDraws]

Techquickie now isn't so quickie at 9 minutes.

[@SingleTheShot]

Beanie Draws Well there going as fast as possible

[@mohitmishramoit95]

Actually i would thank them, coz earlier episodes were simply too small to cover the topic

[@veax9914]

well, they don't have 'as fast as possible' at the title :P

[@39zack]

We need a new Ltt channel, techslowie 😂

[@EwaldGruescu]

it says nowhere that they are going as fast as possible

[@softwater34]

I have a mouse that has a ball with axles and everything you said Sometimes the screen mouse doesn’t move though

[@nhggr]

I'm never taking my mouse for granted again!

[@tm69glassbottle50]

Same

[@Vyzactyh]

still with the JIBO shirt.....linus really loves that shirt

[@Noxia777]

I know right

[@CaveyMoth]

Wait...so wheel mice are..optical? WTF?!

[@MrDarren690]

Cavey Möth Optical switches, versus optical tracking my good sir!

[@smorrow]

Rotary encoder.

[@OneKingAboveAll]

4:06 when you blurt the incorrect answer with confidence in class

[@josar8144]

0:57 look at that sweet RGB

[@mich6804]

Well rgb makes things work better so no wonder they use it in the military, gotta get them frames!

[@StarryNightGazing]

LINUS IF JIBO HAS TAKEN YOU HOSTAGE PLEASE BLINK TWICE

[@arnavchadha6323]

can i get an i7 in a mouse?

[@simontay4851]

No! That's ridiculous.

[@God-ch8lq]

Yes, if you want a 3rd degree burn

[@okaro6595]

A mouse with a fan?

[@lavlne]

I have a razer basilisk feels like a i7

[@mihitm]

The Unknown Idiot looks like a fucking Pentium lol

[@sethadkins546]

I remember always taking the ball out of mice just to throw it at my friends.

[@michox]

Weird flex but okay

[@michox]

😂🔥

[@DigitalHandle]

Lmao i used to do that in class, but not my friends, my teacher

[@okatori795]

Of course this gets recommended when my mouse breaks and I am looking for a new mouse

[@rev_dude]

Obviously the impotant advancement in mouse technology is RGB..

[@brandanchase8591]

It’s time to talk about this Jibo shirt

[@juwuu]

RowdyCarnival57 have you not watch other ltt vids he wears it sometimes

[@Leks1nl]

The t-shirt looks cool, unlike the Jibo itself lol

[@RewindOfficialDoesMusic]

Great Essay. A+ Great Facts Great Reasearch Keep Up the Good Work

[@TheDrew2022]

I owned that mouse shown at 5:11 for almost a decade. It's basic two button sibling of the same era (USB w/ PS2 adapter) still graces my desk at work and I hold onto it for dear life. :D

[@DonaldHendleyBklynvexRecords]

Cant get enough of linus and jibo...its like his sidekick

[@jomnch]

FOOOKIN LASER MICE

[@RD-kr1kb]

thatcher niggas

[@littleboydedoid4189]

R6 popping

[@vasilepuscasu3048]

Linus: "History of the mouse" Me: Gets Tom & Jerry on KZbin recommendations

[@leap123_]

Me: **gets Mickey Mouse on KZbin recommends**

[@robinturner2300]

We used to dismantle mouses and stick foil inside the top because they would stop working in sunlight as it penetrated the case and interfered with the infrared sensors

[@tachyon6403]

lol that joke at the start

[@tachyon6403]

#early squad

[@JohnSapato]

I know, it got me good.

[@JohnSapato]

Holy cow, after 5 minutes your comment got like 6 likes 👍

[@anubs1786]

Yep.. Mickey!

[@flawyerlawyertv7454]

😂

[@jacobdzurica6707]

1:47 yoooooooo thats the mouse i use

[@ttvhoudini9749]

2:13 keep it paused

[@thefreedomwarrior]

I love these tech history videos.

[@Fainthen]

Deadpool manboob mouse pad, eehm ok linus.

[@NekoMimiModification]

He forgot to mention how laser was a marketing gimmick, and that today's top tier mice use optical sensors again because it's more accurate

[@samsprague6923]

pretty sure they still use lasers. its just infrared now is all

[@greenmario3011]

With that opening I was fully prepared to believe that the first proto-mouse was invented by Disney for Epcot.

[@ni-9945]

You got me at first I was ready to cry

[@vega1287]

7:46 you messed with the romba now commes your doomba

[@Nikownzyu]

random E Stay away from the internet before you make everything worse than it already is.

[@calamitify3140]

Lol

[@el_saam84]

We need more videos likee these

[@connorb7182]

I think this channel should do a collab with LinusTechTips. Like if you agree!

[@swextr]

@Matthew k r/wooosh

[@alexbluecyndaquil]

Matthew k R Bam Slash Bam WoOoOoOoOosh

[@baizu6936]

Matthew k r/woosh

[@wayvescape]

@Matthew k r/woooosh

[@braydenreiman727]

Wooooooosh

[@WadelDee]

You could have at least mentioned the mouse's former name: "X-Y position indicator"

[@pumpuppthevolume]

man they filmed a lot of videos on jibo shirt day

[@AllUsernamesTaken]

3:27 Stops video to rip on Apple

[@TVRCreators]

That was really interesting. Thanks guys 😎👍🏻

[@kuruptzZz]

wow that intellimouse explorer photo took me back to another time. Still my all-time favorite gaming mouse. I swear even this new deathadder I'm using is a copy of it

[@James.Stark.Ben.Edition]

Anyone who is interested in odd computer hardware, check out Lazy Game Reviews' series called oddware. There is a mouse with a calculator built-in. It seriously has an entire, full scale calculator built in. It's called the Pro hance mouse. Go check it out. It's really good

[@snerttt]

James Stark I like oddware, but why would you, a random viewer who receives no profit from LGR, advertise it?

[@CompleteAnimation]

Those times when the Techquickie videos are longer and more meaningful than the main channel videos.

[@monochrome_ow]

I would always take the ball out and play with it, only to lose it later and never be able to use the mouse again

[@gabithink5079]

4 a.m.: i swear just one more linus vid. 8 a.m.: *mom comes in* : how was your sleep *me*: what sleep?

[@ub3r]

i kind of forgot the video i clicked on and was legit about to learn about the history of florida

[@CoolioJoe100]

I thought Walt Disney actually contributed to the creation of the mouse lol

[@mistycgc8492]

Which mouse?

[@CoolioJoe100]

KAJ-Time Ahaaaaaaa

[@mistycgc8492]

Haha

[@ballinshark]

Either they filmed all of these techquickies in a day or Linus really loves Jibo

[@LoneBeastYT]

6:23 you are featuring the g402? YO THATS THE MOUSE I USE

[@noobics8015]

cool mouse

[@LoneBeastYT]

@@noobics8015 since then now I got the g502 lightspeed XD

[@harshranjan8526]

5:55 me watching on a laptop, with Logitech mouse😁

[@swapnilverma6604]

a 9 min long techquikie video ? Y I K E S

[@mikepawlikguitar]

calm down the a.d.d. boahhhhhh

[@IsaacClodfelter]

Techlongie

[@arielluces1967]

No ads either

[@simsforever791]

Hachiman Hikigaya dislike I love 10+ videos with linus

[@Someone-cr8cj]

that is history for you...

[@TurboJThomas]

The jibo shirt!!!! Love it! 😂

[@rokzavrl8411]

Past: You can buy computer mouse for $70 Now: You can get it for $3

[@tm69glassbottle50]

True just like phones

[@shabadabba]

This is true with pretty much any tech

[@nicholasr2003]

Lmfaoooo MJ at 0:34 was unexpected 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@VibeSensational]

the Micheal Jackson "wheo!" LOVE IT XD

[@DVRC]

Glad to see at least a photo of the Intellimouse explorer. But one of the first gaming mousr was the Microsoft Intellimouse 1.1 due to his awesome sensor MLT04, then came the Intellimouse 3.0 with a more ergonomical shape and a 9000fps MLT04. It's sad to see today now mouse producers focus more on DPI rather than the sensor itself and the FPS IMO

[@phydeux]

Hey Linus, Xerox was one of the first to use optical mice as well. Their DocuTech 135 in the 1990's had an optical mouse with three emitter/sensor pairs arranged in a triangle, inside a half-sphere well under the mouse. These tracked a pattern of dots on the bespoke red and black mouse pad made for the DocuTech. It also wouldn't work on normal surfaces (I tried). Anyhow, just thought I'd mention that bit of nostalgia.

[@buddergolem9463]

Gaming mice actually needed to be optical because of games like quake. Quickly flicking a mouse around would actually break the mechanism that the ball was attached to really often

[@ClassicConsoleReview]

Linus the part where you say the first trackball used wires, that’s actually a rotary encoder it uses optical sensors, not the same as an optical mouse though

[@xr1mp]

0:32 I have the same mouse as that. Illuminati confirmed.

[@BlueShift2000]

I can remember when I played Track Mania back in 2003 or 2004 on Dad's PC with a ball mouse... nostalgic

[@AdrianJayeOnline]

"Hello, computer... oh hellooo compuuuter !!!" "Oh a keyboard how quaint"