[Leica] Mouse Tracks

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Sorry to disappoint you, Spencer. Haven't seen a mouse around here in a 
while.   I just scrubbed up my old Dell mouse pad, and have it back on the 
desk.  I guess there are some things we just have to learn the hard way.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Spencer Cheng" <spencer at aotera.org>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Mouse Tracks


>I thought I was going to see a picture of mouse footprints. :)
>
> The optical mouse use a low powered laser/LED to detect movement. I 
> suppose it could cause fading if the surface is light sensitive and the 
> mouse is left in one place for a while. Some people still use a mouse pad 
> with an optical mouse.
>
> Regards,
> Spencer
>
> On Mar 23, 2010, at 14:36, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> A couple of months ago, when my old roller-ball mouse was suffering from 
>> old age, I bought a Microsoft optical mouse.  Since it was touted to work 
>> on any surface, I tossed my mouse pad and have been using it on the 
>> lacquered wood desk top.  Recently, I have noted that the area where the 
>> mouse resides is covered with millimeter-sized lighter spots.
>>
>> Have any of you seen similar signs of the mouse optical tracking system 
>> causing desk top marring?
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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