On Friday 23 April 2004 02:11 pm, bOOyah wrote: > It's Friday. > > I need to buy a replacement for my borked Intellimouse Explorer. It's > starting to issue double-click events, which is pretty disconcerting. > At least, I _hope_ it's my mouse, otherwise my RSI has taken a nasty > turn for the worse.
This EXACT same thing happened to me for about 3months. I thought I was going crazy... at first it was a annoying but I think many people would be surprised how descructive double clicking can be when its not indended when using an IDE or just working on your PC (accidentally moving the C:\Windows directory into the Program Files directory just because you tried to mouse over a directory and rename it). > > I'm a fan of Microsoft's mice because the devices in its Explorer range > are nice and big, just like my hands (Logitech's rodents tend to be > smaller). But nearly all the Microsoft mice available on Amazon.co.uk > are wireless. Ditto for my other favourite site, dabs.co.uk. A quick > excursion to Microsoft's corporate Mouse site reveals that, yes indeed, > all the latest Explorer mice are wireless. The bluetooth desktop (mouth and keyboard) are very nice, I think you'd like them. But they are pricey. > > Despite finding the concept of an stationary, yet wireless device deeply > crazy, I might just buy a wireless mouse and have done with it...life's > just too short. But I think having to replace batteries every 6 months > would get right on my nerves. IIRC its got a basestation you mount it on when you aren't using it that recharges it. -Riyad --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
