On Apr 19, 2006, at 2:42 PM, D. Keneth Fowler wrote:
To the wisdom of the list,
Time for a new pointing device. Would someone describe for me in a
short statement the operating principle(s) of the cordless mouse
beyond the obvious concept in its name? What (is) are its most
redeeming feature(s)? Many thanks from this old and rather
technically out of date Finale user.
Ken
A cordless mouse is pretty much what it sounds like. The mouse itself
has a radio transmitter and a battery (mine has 2 AA cells) and
otherwise looks exactly like a mouse, but without a wire. The receiver
is plugged into the mouse port, so you still have a wire to your
computer, or at least a dongle attached to a plug (unless you have a
Bluetooth mouse on a Bluetooth-capable computer, where the receiver is
built into the computer). Depending on the model, some mouses have a
recharging stand, whereas some others need periodic battery
replacement. I use 2 rechargeable AA cells, which lasted about 3 months
between rechargings when fresh (getting down to about 6 weeks now)
Mine is the Logitech Cordless Click Plus, and I am entirely happy with
it on my desktop computer. Five buttons plus a scroll wheel with a
button, or seven controllers in all.
One of the teachers at school told me he was pranked by a student
involving one of these devices. He was using a computer projection
screen with a trackball to make notations on a diagram for the class,
when suddenly the cursor started moving without him doing anything. He
stared and said, "What the...?" as the cursor spelled out in red on
screen "Hi Fred" and then "April Fool's!" The student had plugged the
receiver into a spare USB port on the back of the computer before class
and controlled it from his desk with his baseball cap over his hand.
Everyone had a good laugh.
Christopher
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