I've only seen it on mouse pads with nonuniform covers.

Post #258,093 by Another Scott 6/8/06 8:20:31 AM Reply	I've only seen it on mouse pads with nonuniform covers. E.g. my wife's Mac G5 optical mouse pointer will jump around quite frequently when used on a mouse pad with a print of van Gogh's "Irises", but works perfectly on an old Micron mouse pad with a uniform blue cover. Her optical mouse on her Mac at work would jump around when used on a wood desk without a mouse pad, but works fine with one (also with a uniform cover). Since it looks at reflected light to figure out how it's being moved, it makes sense to me that if the reflectivity is drastically changing quickly that it might get confused. Cheers, Scott.
Post #258,107 by pwhysall 6/8/06 9:03:37 AM Reply	Much as it pains me to say it... ...Microsoft optical mice are just about the best I've used. I have a Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 on the Mini (the smooth tilt wheel is funky): [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Mice/WirelessIntelliMouseExplorerLeather.jpg\|\|\|\|] and an original Intellimouse Explorer on the PC (mine is substantially less nice to look at after 3 years): [image\|http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h262/pwhysall/Mice/IntellimouseExplorerversion1.jpg\|\|\|\|] Neither has ever missed a beat. Peter [link\|http://www.no2id.net/\|Don't Let The Terrorists Win] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #258,130 by Another Scott 6/8/06 10:28:51 AM Reply	I like the Logitech Trackman Wheel myself. 8 kB. [link\|http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=839,parentCRID=833,CONTENTID=5002\|Logitech]. When you have a desk as messy as mine, you need a pointing device that can stay stationary. [image\|http://www.logitech.com/lang/images/0/129.gif\|0\|Trackman Wheel\|163\|163] It's not ideal if you're a lefty though. Fortunately, I'm not. :-) Cheers, Scott.

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