Re: [NTLK] article

From: Jon Glass (jonglass_at_mac.com)
Date: Fri Jul 12 2002 - 01:05:35 EDT


on 7/11/02 4:54 PM, SlashDevNull at slashdevnull_at_mac.com wrote:

> What is funny is that the older optical mice, like Sun, needed a special
> mouse pad with a grid printed on it. What is _really_ funny is that the you
> could turn the mouse pad sideways and the mouse would track sideways. Push
> the mouse up and the cursor would go to the right. Always annoying for a
> cheap laugh.

Our mouse had a grid mousepad, but it didn't work the way you described. It
worked correctly regardless of the pad's orientation. In fact, it would work
with several different surfaces--my jeans, for instance. We had a kick
trying to find what kind of surfaces that mouse would work with. :-)

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