At 06:06 PM 3/15/00 +0100, you wrote:
>Boyd Ramsay wrote:
> >Perhaps it's time to hold an "inquest". How do they "die"?
>
>Imagine this, some sort of thing (let's call it a "link" - but it can be
>other things as well) is on the screen. To be able to use this I place my
>right hand on the mouse, moves the mouse in the correct direction. But a
>few pixels (up to 1 cm) away the mouse pointer stops! Imagining that
>something is in the way for the mouse pointer
>//Bernie
Hmm, I've seen mice do this after a small buildup of crud on either the
rollers or the little springy ball that contact the mouse ball. I've seen
it on trackballs too. I've also seen mice on crappy mousepads behave this way.
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