brainstorms

Monday May 15, 2006

rumble my pad

you would think that if a company uses the macos logo on its box, it gives you something directly usable, would you not? alas for some companies, that logo stands for potentiality, not reality, as in here, now. for example, a mac logo on a logitech gamepad box simply means you can attach its usb plug to a mac and things will not blow up. it does not mean it is usable with any mac games you own now or in the near future. there is no logitech software support for mac os x in that box or outside. [yes i know, one can of course spend more money and get something like usb overdrive or gamepad companion to feel marginally less stupid... oh sure i knew that there are hardly any games that support the human interface device (HID) manager...]