[X4U] Hopping Mouse

[Richard Gilmore]

This all my be true but why does this behaviour not occur on Apple mice? Are
they just better engineered? It also seems to be quite random.

Richard


On 7/3/06 2:28 PM, "keith_w" <keith_w at dslextreme.com> wrote:

> jessup at san.rr.com wrote:
>> 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
> 
> I suspect you're right. My mouse rests on my mahogany desktop (no pad)
> which is pretty, but a smooth, dark, grained surface. May well be the
> problem!
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> keith whaley
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