Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information