[X4U] Hopping Mouse

[jessup at san.rr.com]

Richard Gilmore wrote:

>> I have been noticing this strange phenomenon on both my
>> Tiger Macs Intel and PPC. Sometimes when I click the mouse, it will
suddenly
>> leap in a random direction so that my click lands somewhere else. 

Keith answered:

>been complaining about this ever since I got my new MDD G4, with 
>it's Pro Keyboard and Pro Mouse.
>I like the mouse, but hate the jumping around!
>Sometimes I can move the mouse 1/8" and have the cursor jump 12" or so!
>All this started with OS 9.something, so it's not OSX related in any way.

I've seen that behavior on wireless mice that were being used on mouse pads
with strongly-colored photos, or with wireless mice used on shiny surfaces,
and so on. Try changing whatever you use as a mouse pad and see if that
helps.

Daly

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