Path: Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.supernews.com!news.supernews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 14:59:56 +0000 From: John Larkin Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design Subject: Re: Laser Mouse Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 07:58:12 -0700 Organization: Highland Tech Reply-To: xx@yy.com Message-ID: <8f152j1ui2pjrda19g8hmr4dun2c0naogb@4ax.com> References: <8lit1jd210tmtl0p2h5dotog3ji7nsv8ph@4ax.com> <7h052j95l3efga4rnp814ehd914t81b579@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.1/32.783 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 29 X-Trace: sv3-g50kylo4tcsNJE4MvIYkfQSzhij3zKTDT+ZuH2NH5a0RCEgbLRK/p4LPbS8/bn3kelIbVcKInRga6Gn!yca3vK4q9QWuJgOSGtxBukXVmBoU5PAOISTOnT3H7zteqKypZymPpaUVS6d1eFLsh4dq9H/ugG3h!NGR/XQ== X-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/abuse.html X-DMCA-Complaints-To: www.supernews.com/docs/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2061 On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 10:43:16 -0400, Joe Gwinn wrote: >On Tue, 16 Apr 2024 12:06:19 -0700, john larkin wrote: > >>If you have an Ikea desk and your LED optical mouse doesn't work right >>(something about the optics of the varnish) this should fix it: >> >> >> >>It was really annoying to be tweaking a PCB layout and having the >>cursor wander around, or get stuck. > >Probably the varnished wood has too little fine texture for >correlation tracking to work. > >What I have been using with success is a "3M Precise Mouse Pad >Enhances the Precision of Optical Mice at Fast Speed, 9 in x 8 in >(MP114-BSD1)" for $8 from Amazon: > >. > >Joe Gwinn There must be a Mouse Pad Museum somewhere. A pad would be clumsy on my desk. I tried sanding the varnish a bit but that didn't help.