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Posted by BillW50 on December 24, 2006, 1:10 pm
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Yes I use a shiny flat surface which the cleaning lady probably waxes
all of the time. The trick I used to do was to lift it up when it got
weird. Although it just has been getting worse and worse overtime. Also
thanks for the tips as well. :)
Bill
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> What kind of surface were you mousing on? Optical mice don't like
> really shiny, reflective surfaces.
> For a long time now, I've just taken a piece of good printer paper
> (real smooth) and wrapped that around a mouse pad. Gives good
> movement and best tracking surface for the rodent. White surface
> also allows it to go into sleep mode more easily.
> Val
>> I never used a mouse pad with an optical mouse, but I know most
>> people do. The reason being is that they slide better without. Plus
>> I heard years ago that optical mice don't need them.
>> Well guess what? My optical mice sometimes jumps around for no known
>> reason. It never got really bad, so I just ignored this behavior for
>> years. And today of all days, it really got bad. So I grabbed a
>> mouse pad and it is perfect. Everybody else knew this, eh?
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> The reason being is that they slide better without. Plus I heard years ago
> that optical mice don't need them.
> Well guess what? My optical mice sometimes jumps around for no known
> reason. It never got really bad, so I just ignored this behavior for
> years. And today of all days, it really got bad. So I grabbed a mouse pad
> and it is perfect. Everybody else knew this, eh?
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> Bill