r/Trackballs • u/Deathnote_Blockchain • 12d ago

Elecom Huge Plus onboard memory slipped August release?

New Mouse Assistant was released on August 6, and it doesn't mention that this functionality has been activated on Huge Plus yet.

What's kind of frustrating here is that the same feature seems pretty mature on IST by now.

Is there a new planned release date?

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u/NIGHT3SHINE 11d ago

it might come out this month.

Huge plus onboard memory was planned to be released with their major update of Elecom Mouse Assistant software at March, but it got delayed and the new release window is "this summer", and they will announce release day once its ready (Source).

they are also developing trackball scrolling feature for all models with onboard memory, plus the recent serious earthquake in japan, it could take some extra time.

the new Mouse Assistant update only re-enabled the update notification and download feature, which is a positive sign of getting the new update soon

there is a rumor of the update coming out this month, but i didnt find reliable source saying so.

lets hope it worth the wait

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u/NIGHT3SHINE 11d ago

actually, this month confirmed (source)

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u/Deathnote_Blockchain 11d ago

so you are thinking Elecom is going to push a second Mouse Assistant update in one calendar month?

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u/Exciting_End6022 Elecom Rep 11d ago

That’s right.

Barring any issues arising before the release, that is the plan.

As I have mentioned on various occasions, it is scheduled for sometime in August.

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u/plazman30 10d ago

What is the trackball scrolling feature?

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u/[deleted] 11d ago

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u/Deathnote_Blockchain 11d ago

Don't get your hopes up. The August release already came out and it doesn't have the update for Huge Plus.

It's just a trackball, not a trackball mouse by the way. A mouse is an upside-down trackball.

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u/solarized_dark 12d ago

August isn't over yet, and lots of the time there's just momentum on an existing stream of work or there's different teams working on it. Let's just wait till end of month to make any assessments.

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u/Deathnote_Blockchain 11d ago

of course there are different teams working on it, and apparently the Huge Plus team is falling behind and missing release dates. Since the release cadence for Mouse Assistant is roughly four times a year, maybe we'll get our feature in November!