Jeff Malterre

accessible web programmer, SEO specialist, e-commerce professional

Ubuntu 9.10 – Logitech MX 5500 – Getting keyboard mail notifications to work

First I’d like to say how happy I am that *every* key/mouse button works except the Flip 3D/Zoom keyboard buttons – which I’m going to be working on soon. Everything works out of the box, even horizontal scrolling with mouse wheel tilt left/right. I’m pretty impressed!

With all the keys working and utilities available for the MX5500, getting mail notifications via keyboard is really easy to do. What keyboard notifications am I talking about? In Windows, the keyboard will give a little beep when a new email is received. Also, a mail icon will pop up in the LCD on the keyboard.

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