Optimus Mini Three - Overview

Overview

The Optimus mini three has the design of its parent product, the Optimus Maximus keyboard. The buttons are bigger, however, and also contain more power to produce better images/animations on the OLED screens. Even though the images of the Optimus mini three are rendered, they do give an accurate look at the final design. The Mini Three comes in 2 colours, black and aluminium, which are also the two expected colors of the Optimus Maximus keyboard.

The functions of the Optimus Mini Three remain the same as of the Optimus Maximus keyboard. The user is allowed to create/edit images and animations for each of the three keys in a resolution of 96x96 pixels to fit with the function. Key functions can be customized to perform specific actions in many applications. For example, if a user starts the program Microsoft PowerPoint, the Mini Three will automatically detect the three functions the user has customized. These functions can be anything that PowerPoint offers, from a single (such as F5 for slideshow) to a macro (Ctrl+S for saving). On the Art. Lebedev Optimus mini three website there are several previews of applications.

The main advantage of Optimus mini three is the possibility to write custom plug-ins that can perform pretty much any task without requiring the user to interfere. For example, the bundled software includes the Gmail Notifier, which is similar to its widely known system tray equivalent, iTunes now playing, System Monitor, Informer and other useful plug-ins.