On Apr 27, 2005, at 6:34 PM, David Elmo wrote:
An old complaint mystery about my mouse speed is solved I think!
I found out why my Apple Pro Mouse went slower than what one would expect. I
am a bit ashamed to tell you. In fact, I can't get myself to tell you.... I
won't tell you! .... er... No I must, it is my duty. Gee, this is hard!
Um, er.... it does not like the mouse pad! It feels smooth enough but there
is uniform friction! In fact, it is quite fussy, it performs best on the
pine coloured, pine wood top of the desk best.
He is right, surfaces matter with optical mice. However, the people I found having problems (with the same mice) were using pine-patterned desks. He has a real wood desk which has different reflectivity patterns.
If your mouse pad was aggressively non-reflective (such as some of the cloth covered ones) that's probably the worst for an optical mouse.
Quick tip: lots of folks have found that an 8 1/2 x 11 spiral bound notebook makes an ideal mouse pad (mechanical or optical).
When a page wears out or gets dirty, just rip off the page and voila, a 'new' mouse pad. Also a handy scratch pad is always at hand.
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