Re: Choosing mouse - optical, radio, Bluetooth?

From: Quaoar (quaoar_at_tenthplanet.net)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 10:04:34 -0600

Simon Martin wrote:
> "E2E t-bot BT" <English-to-English.translator.bot@Babel.Fish> wrote in
> message news:94C6825DEB901K187D@64.62.191.98...
>> I am still using a corded mouse (logitech wheelmouse).
>>
>> I would like to get a better mouse which has at least as good
>> precision, responsiveness, accuracy, etc.
>>
>> Would an optical mouse be better on all counts?
>>
>> What about a cordless mouse. Are they poor performers? What about
>> a Bluetooth connection - is that good. Is it pricey.
>>
>> Are there any web sites which discuss this. Google is no help to
>> me.
>
> I use a Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical (it's a wired version - about
> £15 on Amazon.co.uk). Find it excellent, and the best mouse I've ever
> used, and that's saying something as I've got through quite a few
> over the years.
>
> Movement is good and it seems very responsive. Doesn't suffer from the
> clunky feel that a ball based mouse has - it just glides when you
> move it. Also the scroll wheel (on mine) is nice and free with a
> slight bit of a click as you move it, where as some other models have
> a much stiffer scroll wheel which I really don't like. I Spent about
> 30 minutes in my local PC World trying out the button presses/wheel
> scrolling of their mice before going back home to order one ;-)
>
> Wouldn't go anywhere near a wireless mouse personally, as the two
> I've had ate batteries faster than a mouse eats cheese/chocolate...
> as my PC is on 24 hours a day it's not hard for it to flatten (not
> fully flat, but beyond being any use in the mouse) a set of decent
> batteries within a week or so! You'll also find that as the batteries
> get flatter the responsiveness of the movement goes way downhill, and
> it's as if you are using a mouse with a highly gunked up
> ball/rollers, back to front, with your wrong hand, whilst using it on
> your knee... keep far far away (although I know of a few people who
> reckon they're great)
>
> Simon

I use wireless mouses exclusively, but your comments are correct. An
USB optical mouse will give better performance and control than a
wireless mouse and wireless do eat batteries. I have gotten accustomed
to the idiosyncrasies of the mouse with the trade-off that I can mouse
from nearly anywhere and there is no cable.

Q