Alexis Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Devil's own job to get it to go to the right. I have cleaned it too?Feed it to the cats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 26, 2004 Share Posted November 26, 2004 Make it catfood then get yourself an optical mouse - the Microsoft Intellimouse is excellent, I'm on my 4th ( a wireless one). Never hesitates or sticks and works on any surface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted November 27, 2004 Author Share Posted November 27, 2004 Thanks for that. Have noted name. Meant to look for a new one yesterday but I forgot .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianhaycox Posted November 27, 2004 Share Posted November 27, 2004 Did you clean the tiny little rollers deep inside the bowels ?Cleaning it's ball is enjoyable but not always fruitfull. A bit of colonic irrigation is required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Gyn Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I used to clean the rollers with a cotton-bug dipped in acetone which did a fine job but was fiddly, and didn't effect any more permanent a solution than my current route which is to pick the fluff (well, more like a gunge of dust, grease and dead skin cells if I'm honest) off the rollers with a finger nail. I have a little optical mouse with my laptop which is fabulous - works on almost any surface (even the side of a leg when you're working with it on your knee) but for my big pc I'm stuck with needing a trackball because I have no space at all at the side of the keyboard to roll a mouse. paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted November 29, 2004 Author Share Posted November 29, 2004 I finally operated on it. Like I used to do before I was told what the round thingy with a hole in underneath was for.....Gave it a good brush with a paint brush and blew into it a lot and now have a formula one mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonzjob Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I used to have the official IBM routine for cleaning 'mouses balls', but that must have been in a former life when I was an IBM hardware service engineer? Are we allowed to say 'mouses balls' on here?John.P.S. I've also got a copy of the words and music for the 'Official IBM Song' too. Good 'eer init. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul_Gyn Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 You'd think none of us had jobs to be getting on with: I've got pots full of geraniums to clear out, bulbs to put in, 2 trees-worth of logs to cut, stack, and split; yet I'm sitting here with my 3rd coffee of the day rummaging round the forum.I'll be whingeing when it's raining! paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 "Make it catfood then get yourself an optical mouse - the Microsoft Intellimouse is excellent, I'm on my 4th ( a wireless one). Never hesitates or sticks and works on any surface."hi DickSeeing as nobody else mentioned it, are you just heavy handed or don't the MS ones last long ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexis Posted November 29, 2004 Author Share Posted November 29, 2004 Too wet here after it tumbled down all day yesterday.Was hoping to spend most of the day reading the Sunday Times. It is my Monday big job.Bloody thing didn't arrive For a change! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Smith Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 "Seeing as nobody else mentioned it, are you just heavy handed or don't the MS ones last long ?"I think they last longer than most (except my Apple mouse, which seems to go on forever, but has no buttons).No 1 went 'clicky' after about 2 years, so I replaced it.No 2 went away with the computer it was attached to (given to son)No 3 just went away - no idea where - when I gotNo 4 - a wireless one, bought as an upgrade.The Apple mouse is slightly smoother, but lacks a scroll wheel. The other plus point about the Intellimice is that they are very ergonomic. I use a 'standard' MS mouse at work, and it is nowhere near as comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoverfrog Posted November 29, 2004 Share Posted November 29, 2004 I'd second the point about the Intellimouse - I have a USB one that I use with Win2K and XP as well as with OS X and it's great! Apple copes wonderfully with the 3 buttons and the wheel - one wonders why they still ship with a one button mouse when all the underlying tech is there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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