Come to think of it, would you say that "Partially (side buttons on the left side only)" would be a better description than the current "Yes (side buttons on the left side only)"?
It would be an improvement. The main thing you need is something that lets people search / filter for reviews based on left-hand usability. Eg, clicking "Reviews" then selecting Category "Mice", it would be nice if there was an option that filters by Full / Partial / No ambidexterity, but there isn't. So the next best thing is to either read the heading of each mouse review for which some mice reviews include "The 63g, right-handed ergonomic VT3Pro Max comes with..." but only a small fraction of TPU reviews even mention "handed-ness" in the summary. So you're left with either clicking on every mouse review, one by one, looking to see if it's labelled "Ambidextrous" then researching further to see if "Ambidextrous" means it's "Actually usable by a left-handed person", or you're left resorting to using external search engines, eg, Google, which do nothing but present an endless "Oh yes, this is ambidextrous" of mice that really aren't...
For background as to why I raised the subject - I've edited several hundred entries for PCGamingWiki, and I also work with deaf / hard-of-hearing people in real life. I am "big" on Accessibility and so I pay particular attention to getting subtitles, captions, etc, as accurate as I can because I know that people who search for them do so because they want to know if they can play a game or not, not just are interested in filtering based on subtitles purely for the sake of it. Accessibility matters most to people who need it, technical labels matter far less if they're not accurate to those who need it. A good example is the game
The Witness, it has subtitles but we made sure to put at the top
"Colorblind and hearing-impaired players may have trouble playing the game in full" because that's ultimately what's most important - whether people can play it or not beyond having a technical "subtitle" tag.
Same is true of mice. Most right-handed people don't search for "Ambidextrous" mice because they don't need to when 99% of the market is designed around them. If they want curved vs straight feel - well that's "symmetrical". It's left-handed people that search for it and do so for a reason - we need to know that can use the extra buttons we're paying for, as we're not going to intentionally seek out mice with extra buttons then spend $90-$150 on something we can't properly use due to mis-advertised accessibility labelling vs just buying a regular 3-button mouse for a fraction of the money. I hope this clears up what we're asking for - not arguing over a label for the sake of it, but having some practical way of filtering what we can actually use in a
meaningful 'equal' sense.
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