What's good about wireless optical mouse?

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 09:48:51 +1100, "Michael C"
wrote:

"kony" wrote in message
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Maybe it's just that particular mouse?

They are different mice. 2 of them are MS explorers but the black desk is my
test bench and has had many different mice on it.

Michael



Thinking about how they work, it would seem your desks have
too low a reflectivity. You might see if waxing them helps,
or just use a mouse pad like most do.

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:24:36 -0500, Bill
wrote:

Hi Miss Tick, Thanks for correcting my grammar. Not a
native speaker of English.

If you say optical mouses don't need batteries, then they
don't. but I wonder how they get light then?



Elfin magic?

PS2 and USB both have 5V power delivery on the cable, that
5V though a resistor lights up an LED(S) inside the mouse.

"kony" wrote in message
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Thinking about how they work, it would seem your desks have
too low a reflectivity. You might see if waxing them helps,
or just use a mouse pad like most do.

I do. All I was saying is that they do have some disadvantages. :-)

Michael

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:46:33 +1100, "Michael C"
wrote:

"kony" wrote in message
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Thinking about how they work, it would seem your desks have
too low a reflectivity. You might see if waxing them helps,
or just use a mouse pad like most do.

I do. All I was saying is that they do have some disadvantages. :-)

Ok, but i'd consider that a "desk disadvantage", not
necessarily a "mouse disadvantage. Most do not have
black-flat desks.

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 01:52:14 GMT, yak
wrote:

In article , says...
"yak" wrote in message
s.com...
Wireless is better.

That's a very general, and in my opinion, false statement. Others have
already pointed out why.

My wireless optical takes about 30 days to run it's batteries down. But
that's the dollar pack of 12 at whatsitsmart, so who cares.

Maybe the environment cares. If everyone had one it would be 24 batteries
per year multiplied by 400 million Americans which is 9.6 billion batteries
just used in the US. BTW, haven't you heard of rechargables?

Michael





Holy geez, save me from the bleeding hearts.

So can we dump all those batteries off at your place?
I don't want them in MY back yard.

"kony" wrote in message
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Ok, but i'd consider that a "desk disadvantage", not
necessarily a "mouse disadvantage. Most do not have
black-flat desks.

No, it's definately a disadvantage of the mouse. The ball mouse works on my
desk, the optical doesn't. It's a pretty minor disadvantage but it is still
a disadvantage just the same. BTW, the desk I mostly use is laquered wood of
a light color with a highly visible grain, I would have expected it to work.
The other is a fairly common black laminated desk. Overall, I'd say the
percentages of desks that optical mice have trouble with would be fairly
high.

Michael

"yak" wrote in message
s.com...
Holy geez, save me from the bleeding hearts.

You are an American, right? :-)

Michael

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:58:48 +1100, "Michael C"
wrote:

"kony" wrote in message
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Ok, but i'd consider that a "desk disadvantage", not
necessarily a "mouse disadvantage. Most do not have
black-flat desks.

No, it's definately a disadvantage of the mouse. The ball mouse works on my
desk, the optical doesn't. It's a pretty minor disadvantage but it is still
a disadvantage just the same. BTW, the desk I mostly use is laquered wood of
a light color with a highly visible grain, I would have expected it to work.
The other is a fairly common black laminated desk. Overall, I'd say the
percentages of desks that optical mice have trouble with would be fairly
high.


Overall I'd disagree, many people have no problem.

"kony" wrote in message
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Overall I'd disagree, many people have no problem.

Many? Would you say 90% have no problem? That's still 10% with a problem but
I would say the figure would easily be 25%.

Michael

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 15:38:44 +1100, "Michael C"
wrote:

"kony" wrote in message
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Overall I'd disagree, many people have no problem.

Many? Would you say 90% have no problem? That's still 10% with a problem but
I would say the figure would easily be 25%.


I'd say that the percentage of people having a problem using
their choice of surface with an optical, is lower than those
using their choice of surface with a balled mouse.... so
it's a non-issue.