Mouse wheel just stopped working?
aussieone:
My present computer came with a wireless mouse and keyboard. It only took me two days to replace the wireless mouse with a wired one. It was a worthless piece of crap.
witch:
I have a Microsoft mouse on my big machine. One thing MS are actually good at, is mice. Despite the fact they pinched the idea of mice off Apple, or so I've been told.
I love that mouse, it's responsive and accurate, as well as being nice to click.
When I got my laptop, I decided to get a wireless mouse and keyboard with it. First wireless anything I'd had. I use the laptop a lot in bed, with my wireless Internet. *bliss* Who needs newspapers when you can have a lie in of a Sunday and read the whole world?
My wireless mouse is also an MS mouse, purely because that was the only one in the shop that wasn't a complete, never heard of the brand before, piece of crap. I use the wireless keyboard if I'm working, I hate typing for real on a laptop, pecking around and forums etc are fine. They don't make keyboards clicky enough now, plus they tried to give me one of those bloody ergonomic ones until I caught them and made them give me a proper keyboard. ;D
Anyway, wireless mice, I don't mind my one at all. I was warned I might get irritated by the slight lag, I don't get irritated. I notice it but it is not enough to be intrusive. The mouse is responsive enough and nice to hold and manage.
So I don't mind either kind of mouse.
The mouse I prefer though, is shaped like a gear stick, the thumb controls left and right clicks - it's a rocker button and there's a clutch and grab and drag for a scroll. (I'm not trying to be rude here. ::)) I have one in my office at each campus and I'd love one for home. They're $150 each though, so I can't bring myself to spend that on a mouse when I might get RAM or a video card instead. Holding your hand like a gear stick, instead of like a spider, is way more ergonomic and comfortable.
PS Hey SJActress, you have checked the batteries haven't you? Mine just needed replacing after a year. Of course I tried uninstalling and installing crap before I thought of that simple solution.
SJActress:
Quote from: witch on 2008 March 20, 06:03:19
PS Hey SJActress, you have checked the batteries haven't you? Mine just needed replacing after a year. Of course I tried uninstalling and installing crap before I thought of that simple solution.
Yep, just changed them for the first time (lasted a WHOLE YEAR!). I changed the batteries a few days before the problem started. I'm using some sort of fancy batteries with a lowercase "e" on them that are supposed to last till Jesus comes to visit us again or something. The mouse has been working okay the past day or so, so hopefully it will STAY that way. I'm still convinced that the hardware is just wearing out. :-\
Jelenedra:
To the original poster: I had this problem right before I reformatted my PC. I thought I was going to have to get a new mouse as well as reformat. I decided to wait until after I got my PC back to see if it would work and lo and behold it did. I haven't had any problems with it since. I know that's a little extreme to fix JUST the mouse, but I never figured out the exact problem.
kuronue:
What I'm having a hard time finding is a non-optical wired mouse. I use my laptop in bed a lot, and even when the bed is made (which it rarely is if I'm _in_ it) the comforter is not a perfectly even flat surface, so my optical mouse has a tendency to jump and skip slightly, always JUST when I need precision. What happened to ball and roller mice? I just want like, a $2 mouse with a ball in it, 2 buttons with scroll wheel, wired. That's all I need. Why do I keep ending up with wireless optical mice smaller than my palm with about 4 buttons?!
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