Scott,
Practically speaking, tell me about your experience using a mouse with so many buttons... how often do you "misfire" and accidently click the wrong button, or two buttons at once, or forget and have to look at the side of the mouse? After programming, how long did it take to get used to using it where you didn't have to stop and think what button is what?
As you can see i only use 6 side buttons out of 12. The first 6 are very easy to reach i found difficulties using buttons 7-12. As soon as you start working with top solid and key binds you will get used to it pretty quickly and you will never come back again to manualy moving mouse over function.
I see the value theoretically of all the programmable keys, but when I see the photo I just wonder if i'd be mashing the wrong keys all the time or forgetting which one is where.
My setup is intuitive 3D functions and DRAFT functions are on the same keys. That makes this setup up very simple to remember.
Bottom line you're saying its net net faster training your thumb to click a function in a millisecond rather than moving the mouse with your whole hand and locating and clicking the menu...
As stated above you will never come back to manual moving mouse over function again when you start to use mouse with side buttons
Damian, I am considering your mouse, but seems it is not available in the US. However, when I put "uRage MMorpg mouse" into Amazon I get two other brands that look very similar. UtechSmart Venus looks almost identical, Redragon very similar. I'm not into gaming so I don't know any of these brands and i'm not sure if one company makes all three and private labels them for these brands or if someone is copying.
URAGE mmorpg mouse was discontinued as brand and they started to sell UtechSmart, it exactly the same mouse and it runs the same drivers.
), just something that is a definite productivity boost from basic mouse, but easy to learn and use. 
