Of Mice and... Mice

[stoutfellow]

Some months ago, I bought a wireless mouse. At first, the added convenience was a great pleasure. But then...

For the last month or more, its performance has been extremely erratic. On the one hand, clicks often fail to register. (:click: :click: :click-click: :click, goddamnit!: :CLICK:) On the other, there are frequent phantom clicks, making (for instance) playing FreeCell an exercise in frustration. (No, I didn't want that card put in the upper left stacks. Put it back. No! STOP THAT!)

I'm on the verge of giving up and going back to a traditional mouse. One last try, though: does anyone know of a brand of wireless mouse that isn't prone to this type of behavior? (No, it's not battery trouble. I just changed the batteries a couple of days ago, but the problem persists.) This worthless lump is a Microsoft Wireless Optical Mouse 2.0.

Comments

[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

Aren't those IR?

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Eh, probably. I'm several flavors of geek, but "techno-" isn't one of them.

[countrycousin.livejournal.com]

I hope this post means you have power back!

[stoutfellow.livejournal.com]

Nope, that was posted just before the storm hit. (As of 4:00 this afternoon, I still didn't have power. Again, I'm posting from the office. Word is that almost everyone will have power restored by tomorrow evening.)