Did see some wireless car shaped mice on Amazon for $12.  Have not
purchased any.

On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 6:54 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I've had the same problem on logitech track balls.
>
> BTW, does anybody still make mini trackballs for laptops.
>
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> On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, at 00:27, Steve Smith wrote:
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> > The one thing Microsoft does well is mouses.  Logitech is also good.
>
> Logitech used to be good but in my recent experience I'd say they are
> putting too-cheap microswitches in them.  I've had three mice (of
> different Logitech models) all start signalling double-clicks when a
> button is pressed once.  Reviews on Amazon suggest lots of people
> have found the same.  Before this I had no problems, but had bought
> several mice - one for each of a series of laptops and desktops.
>
> It's probably deliberate so that users have to buy new mice every few
> months.
>
> My most recent mouse - wireless, and used mainly in bed when it runs
> on top of the duvet or under it, on the sheet, with a laptop on an
> overbed table at most a couple of feet above it, is an Anker "vertical
> mouse".  That's - so far - holding up well (and it's easier on the wrist
> too).  I think one reason it's still ok is that its peculiar body shape
> means that it tends - if it falls off the bed - to roll (like a landing
> paratrooper) when it hits the floor, cushioning the shock.
>
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