Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-24 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:21:56 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/09/2011 06:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:21:23 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: (...) Not the Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse. It's just... a plain old, boring standard sized mouse.

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-24 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Yeepi! I no longer feel like a dinosaur, now I'm in cool's club 8-) Welcome to the club ;). Perhaps you and I should share the same doctor, when we get our first tendonitis :D. Of course, my new mouse has much better buttons, regarding to debouncing, but I'm not that happy as you seems to

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-10 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 7:16 AM, Camaleón noela...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 17:21 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/08/2011 06:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I use alcohol to clean the ball and internal rollers. But I'm afraid laser based mice get also dirty (bottom surface has also to be cleaned for fast sliding). Once a year. Maybe.

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-09 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 09/06/11 19:39, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 17:21 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/08/2011 06:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] snipped Not the Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse. It's just... a plain old, boring standard sized mouse.

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-09 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 20:29 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 09/06/11 19:39, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 17:21 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/08/2011 06:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] snipped Not the Microsoft Basic Optical Mouse. It's just... a plain old, boring

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-09 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:21:23 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/08/2011 06:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I use alcohol to clean the ball and internal rollers. But I'm afraid laser based mice get also dirty (bottom surface has also to be cleaned for fast sliding). Once a year. Maybe. Me

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-09 Thread Go Linux
FWIW, the wheel on my PS2 two-button mouse works just fine without any tweaking. The specs are: Manufacturer: Dell DP/N: H2871 0W1668 P/N: 851841- Maybe I missed something along the way in the discussion. All those untrimmed posts and bottom posting were a bit much to deal with . . .

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-09 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/09/2011 06:02 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 17:21:23 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/08/2011 06:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I use alcohol to clean the ball and internal rollers. But I'm afraid laser based mice get also dirty (bottom surface has also to be cleaned for fast

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Darac Marjal
On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces 2/ I find batteries (even rechargable) a PITA :-) 3/ There are also some security concerns in using

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?)

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:06:16 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces 2/ I find batteries (even rechargable) a PITA :-)

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time I put my

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/06/11 20:06, Darac Marjal wrote: On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, 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

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 08/06/11 21:32, � wrote: On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:06:16 +0100, Darac Marjal wrote: On Tue, Jun 07, 2011 at 06:40:14PM +, Camaleón wrote: [cut] snipped As for not working on clear surfaces, consider yourself lucky. Sun optical mice (e.g. http://www.memoryxsun.com/3701398.html) require a

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Camaleón
On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:00:24 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: 08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?) surface. But if I did, then I'd use a mousepad. And what happens if you

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
08/06/2011 15:42, Camaleón wrote: On Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:00:24 +0200, tv.deb...@googlemail.com wrote: 08/06/2011 13:16, Camaleón: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?) surface. But if I did, then I'd use a

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-08 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Wed, 2011-06-08 at 11:32 +, Camaleón wrote: What happens is that modern mice are a bit ostentatious and full of buttons (or they're targeted to notebook users and are a bit small). Yes, I'm very picky with my input peripherals :-) +1 As for not working on clear surfaces,

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 06:16 AM, Camaleón wrote: On Tue, 07 Jun 2011 14:28:05 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/08/2011 06:32 AM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I use alcohol to clean the ball and internal rollers. But I'm afraid laser based mice get also dirty (bottom surface has also to be cleaned for fast sliding). Once a year. Maybe. But as I said on my previous post to Ron, I

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-08 Thread Justin The Cynical
On 6/8/2011 15:15, Ron Johnson wrote: What's bluetrack? I agree with not wanting wireless, though. Bluetrack in mice is a proprietary Microsoft made tracking method for their optical mice. Physically, they have larger holes for the emitter and the light is blue instead of red. A quick

Re: [OT] Mice (was: PS/2 mouse vs USB mouse)

2011-06-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2011-06-07 at 18:40 +, Camaleón wrote: For intensive usage, heck... leave me with my Cherry corded keyboard with a weight of ~1,8 kg and its characteristic clack, clack sound ;-) I've got two simple and good keyboards, one seems to be a Cherry and the other is better, because it's

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear (glass?) surface. But if I did, then I'd use a mousepad.

Re: [OT] Mice

2011-06-07 Thread Heddle Weaver
On 8 June 2011 05:28, Ron Johnson ron.l.john...@cox.net wrote: On 06/07/2011 01:40 PM, Camaleón wrote: [snip] I still see some disadvantages for laser or BlueTrack based mice: 1/ They do not work on crystal or clear surfaces I can't remember the last time I put my mouse on a clear