the mouse of might

Post #258,029 by rcareaga 6/7/06 4:52:13 PM Reply	the mouse of might I expected not to like it. So far (four months in) I like it very much indeed. The scrollball is extremely responsive. The only downside is that occasionally the cursor teleports—vanishes for a few seconds and/or appears suddenly and arbitrarily somewhere on that vast screen real estate without apparent reference to any hand movements I might have undertaken. All told, though, a negligible annoyance. cordially, Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
Post #258,036 by pwhysall 6/7/06 5:10:22 PM Reply	Cursor Teleportation Seems to be a feature of optical mice of all stripes. Sounds good. I may well check one out. 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 #258,061 by rcareaga 6/7/06 8:14:45 PM Reply	Re: Cursor Teleportation I may well check one out. You do understand, do you not, that your November 20" Core Duo will include the MM as part of the package? cordially, Die Welt ist alles, was der Fall ist.
Post #258,090 by pwhysall 6/8/06 2:29:10 AM Reply	No, I didn't. Thanks for the heads up - you just saved me 50ish quid. 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 #258,085 by StevenYap 6/8/06 1:32:14 AM Reply	Re: Cursor Teleportation Any ideas why optical mice exhibit this behaviour? I do find it rather annoying. I have 3 optical mice, an old Logitech Cordless MouseMan, a new MX1000 and a notebook-sized cordless optical that came with my laptop. The weird thing is, I've only ever experienced cursor teleportation with the MouseMan and the MX1000.
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.
Post #258,181 by folkert 6/8/06 2:19:05 PM Reply	I experience it with my Optical [image\|http://www.gregfolkert.net/pics/misc/kensington_orbit_optical.jpg\|1\|\|\|] [link\|http://us.kensington.com/html/4771.html\|Kensington Orbit Optical] -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #258,240 by boxley 6/8/06 6:23:18 PM Reply	my favorite! Any opinions expressed by me are mine alone, posted from my home computer, on my own time as a free american and do not reflect the opinions of any person or company that I have had professional relations with in the past 50 years. meep
Post #258,253 by Meerkat 6/8/06 8:22:07 PM Reply	I have two optical mice One's a cheap-arse $5 job, bought second hand from a market, and the other's a [link\|http://us.kensington.com/html/5465.html\|Kensington PilotMouse Bluetooth]. My mousemat for the cheap-arse mouse is the cardboard backing of a notepad, and yes it has occasional teleportation issues. Much less than when I using it directly on the laminate of the desk. The Kensington mouse is used on the I-can't-believe-it's-not-Suede of my lounge, and it has never, ever teleported. I'm almost inclined to do the experiment - swap the mice over and see if it's the mouse or the surface that is to blame. Will let you know. Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.

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