On 08/06/11 20:06, Darac Marjal wrote: > On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +0000, Camale�n wrote: > [cut] >> <snipped, sorry Camale�n>
> As for not working on clear surfaces, consider yourself lucky. Very > Sun optical mice (e.g. http://www.memoryxsun.com/3701398.html) require a > specific mousepad with a calibrated grid printed on them. The mouse can > only report its movement relative to this grid (rather than relative to > an arbitrary surface as with modern mice). > I've used those mousepads - after a while the plastic coating wear through and you discover they're toxic (nickel coated). We quickly swapped them for gridded paper sticky taped to the desk instead of black hands and a nasty metallic taste in your mouth. Not saying they'll kill you, but if your zinc levels are low it could make you sick. I've only recently moved to Optical mice because I used to think I had more fine control with a wheel mouse. With the optical mice I use my thumb, the little finger, and the heel of my hand on the desktop to help limit the mouse movement - with a wheel mouse only the heel of my hand used to touch the desk. The "grippiness/stickiness" of the ball used to give better single pixel movement control for things like graphics. Pushing down on an optical mouse does not allow you to restrict movement the way pushing down on an optical mouse does, as the friction in an optical mouse comes from my hand contacting the desk and the little pads on the base of the mouse - as opposed to the friction generated by the device that actually measures movement. It matters little whether it's a ball, or optics for most desktop applications - except graphics. Where the optical mouse truly excels is when I want to use an external mouse with laptops - works fine on the arm of a chair or my leg. As for wireless mice - I believe the lag of the early models has been reduced, and I don't see how the weight of something I slide, but never lift, would bother me. I don't use one because I'm cheap. ;-p Cheers -- Tuttle? His name's Buttle. There must be some mistake. Mistake? [Chuckles] We don't make mistakes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4def6630.3020...@gmail.com
