Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!ira.uka.de!smurf!nadia!ncc1701!space From: space@ncc1701.sub.org (Lars Soltau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Optical Mice. Summary: Optical or mechanical, the *BUTTONS* sure suck! Message-ID: <343@ncc1701.sub.org> Date: 5 May 90 12:19:36 GMT References: <18184@snow-white.udel.EDU> <1990May3.211920.18284@dg-rtp.dg.com> Reply-To: space@ncc1701.sub.org (Lars Soltau) Organization: United Federation of Planets Lines: 26 In article <1990May3.211920.18284@dg-rtp.dg.com> poirier@dg-rtp.dg.com (Charles Poirier) writes: [about mechanical mice] >Almost every skid problem I've seen was cured by this simple procedure: [cleaning procedure] OK, I think we can agree that it's a matter of taste whether you prefer optical or mechanical mice. But: Those buttons on the standard Amiga mouse suck raw eggs. They are of the kind you normally find in cheap Taiwan clock radios and you can bet that if you use them regularly, they will wear out rather soon. The buttons on my mouse (especially the left one) nowadays either don't react at all or react twice for one click. So, Commodore, if you don't want such simple details to destroy an upcoming image of professionality, design a new mouse that uses microswitches, like the ones on Sun mouses. With the cleaning of the ball I can live, with those buttons I can't. While I'm at it, please use a more flexible cable for the mouse. The one on my Commodore mouse is about as flexible as a Joystick cable and tends to get very much into the way. Compare this to the cable Atari uses on their mouses for the ST. (No, I am not an ST freak and I don't want to start another Amiga-ST flame war!) -- Lars Soltau bang: BIX: --no bucks-- smart: space@ncc1701.stgt.sub.org