In many mobile applications, the finger has replaced mouse and key or button entry.

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While the Mobile Mouse has just the Start key and a scroll wheel, though, the bigger Comfort Mouse takes things a step further: the button there doubles as a capacitive surface you can swipe to toggle through open programs in Windows 8.

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But it isn't exactly efficient--more akin to typing a letter via hunt-and-peck with the mouse and the Mac's Key Caps instead of simply using your keyboard.

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The shift key pans a camera down, and the mouse controls a laser pointer.

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Simply press and hold a single keyboard key and Easy-Aim will instantly optimize the DPI setting on your mouse.

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But you can also remap other key functions such as Ctrl, Shift, Alt, various click and scroll mouse functions, and also launch other game profiles and third party programs.

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Instead of forcing us to replicate long swipe gestures using a mouse (which would be cruel to all concerned), Microsoft is putting forward these little key combos as the primary means of navigation on traditional desktop PCs that don't have touchscreens.

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