Little things that irritate the heck out of me - #1
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I get attached my my mice and keyboards. Try to use the same setup on each system I use. The mouse specifically is a USB corded Razor; wireless just won't work for me - too much lag, and any lag irritates me. But my main beef is when mice lose their plastic slider pads. It always starts at one particular edge and snags the mousepad. A perfectly good mouse brought down by a .0001 cent part. yes, I've tried the replacement path - it never seems to stick as well. I'll go get some cheese with my wine. Buying a new mouse pad as well. The little things are important.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
wired mouse and keyboard all the way. Minimum latency. No line of sight, issues. I have USB port on keyboard for mouse to reduce cable clutter. Perixx model TK566 keyboard. Cheap and has 2 USB ports.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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well I know one mouse likes to go to sleep all the time if I'm not using it constantly. And as others have said, there is some stutter. Might be the mice I've purchased.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
This is my experience with Bluetooth mice, but normally not mice with a dedicated receiver. This was supposed to have been fixed with some upgrade to the Bluetooth standard, but I could not tell you which one and I wouldn't know what standard my computer is running anyway.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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wired mouse and keyboard all the way. Minimum latency. No line of sight, issues. I have USB port on keyboard for mouse to reduce cable clutter. Perixx model TK566 keyboard. Cheap and has 2 USB ports.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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I get attached my my mice and keyboards. Try to use the same setup on each system I use. The mouse specifically is a USB corded Razor; wireless just won't work for me - too much lag, and any lag irritates me. But my main beef is when mice lose their plastic slider pads. It always starts at one particular edge and snags the mousepad. A perfectly good mouse brought down by a .0001 cent part. yes, I've tried the replacement path - it never seems to stick as well. I'll go get some cheese with my wine. Buying a new mouse pad as well. The little things are important.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
I also have not noticed lag w/ my wireless mouse. re/ insistence I insist on softness and low coefficient of friction. I utilize a Teflon cloth atop a soft mouse pad w/ double sided sticky cloth betwixt and between also after market Teflon mouse feet. Much less friction than standard mouse pads. I am surprised the mouse and pad manufacturers do not utilize same.
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charlieg wrote:
wireless just won't work for me - too much lag
That's amazing. I've used wireless mice for a long time, and have never noticed lag. Can you describe it?
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jmaida wrote:
wired mouse and keyboard all the way. Minimum latency. No line of sight, issues.
lol...well if there was a line of sight problem then you should check which universe you woke up in.
:-D actually had a line sight issue when the wireless mouse/keyboard USB interface (little USB pimple) on computer was sometimes blocked by a portable USB drive. Mouse and keyboard lost signals from time to time. I have other issues with wireless mouse/keyboards, but this ended their use for me on my system.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
never noticed lag. Can you describe it?
It happened to me not long ago. I found that my mouse would stutter when I was using the left side of the mouse pad. My PC sits on the floor not more than 3 feet from the desk surface and mousepad. Luckily, I had a usb extender such that I could place the receiver on top of the desk and haven't had issues since.
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Must have been numerous retransmissions caused by low signal/much noise - the distance by itself does not cause any delay (well, in the nanosecond range, but any protocol handling overshadows that). Like Gary R. Wheeler, I have been using wireless mice for many years, and never noticed any lag. I have a Dell screen with a built-in mini-hub with two sockets. That is really nice for memory sticks, phone charging and transferring photos and video from my mobile or camera. The other socket holds my wireless dongle, so I never have a problem with signal strength for the mouse and keyboard. That could be the reason why I never see any lag with either.
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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wired mouse and keyboard all the way. Minimum latency. No line of sight, issues. I have USB port on keyboard for mouse to reduce cable clutter. Perixx model TK566 keyboard. Cheap and has 2 USB ports.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
jmaida wrote:
No line of sight, issues.
But you do have line of USB cable issues :-) (I like to retire to my recliner, keyboard in my lap, mouse on the armrest. That would require a USB extension cord, which would too easily be pulled out every time I swing my recliner around to put another log in the open fireplace, or pat the dog, or whatever. I know from experience (although that is long ago, but USB Extension cables haven't changed).)
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
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jmaida wrote:
No line of sight, issues.
But you do have line of USB cable issues :-) (I like to retire to my recliner, keyboard in my lap, mouse on the armrest. That would require a USB extension cord, which would too easily be pulled out every time I swing my recliner around to put another log in the open fireplace, or pat the dog, or whatever. I know from experience (although that is long ago, but USB Extension cables haven't changed).)
Religious freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make five.
:-D True, wires are wires of any length I used Logitech wireless mouse and keyboard for years, but was problematic. I upgraded but still issues. I do not use a recliner (Lazy Boy as known in US), but if I did, I would figure out a way to make wires work. I may return to the wireless world, but happy right now.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
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This is my experience with Bluetooth mice, but normally not mice with a dedicated receiver. This was supposed to have been fixed with some upgrade to the Bluetooth standard, but I could not tell you which one and I wouldn't know what standard my computer is running anyway.
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
lol - dedicated receiver. Where did I put that *** thing? But honestly, almost all of my usb ports are full, so I tend to avoid them.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.