On Dec 30, 10:19*am, "Bruce L. Bergman (munged human readable)"
wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:22:10 -0800, Gunner Asch
wrote:

On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:54:51 -0500, Nate Nagel
wrote:

On 12/29/2011 08:39 PM, Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 09:09:35 -0500, "J. Clarke"
*wrote:

Logitech's latest wireless mice have a mini-USB charging connector. *You
don't have to stop using them to charge them. *I found docks to be a
nuisance.

They still make the rechargeable mice? *Last time I had one was a BSR
from the first iteration of DAK. *Serial port. *Shows you how long ago
*that* was.

Problem being the same as with a lot of things in life - if they
aren't mass-produced and actively marketed they tend to be way too
expensive. *You're paying a lot more for the one-by-one hand assembly.





One of my kids gave me one with a docking port.
Plenty of desk space, so the dock didn't bother me.
But I didn't like the shape of the mouse, so I gave it back.
Also tried one of those similar to what Nate mentioned.
Didn't like the shape.
Always used the common "teardrop" shaped
Think I'm just going to have to adjust to a new shape to go to a dock
or one with an off/on switch.
Or just keep changing batteries.
Don't know why my batteries last only about 10 days.
Doesn't matter what brand.
I do a lot of gaming so the mouse is always moving then.
Don't know if a moving mouse consumes more juice than an idle one.

--Vic

Probably. *they tend to have a "sleep" mode.

* That they do - I was using a stock cheap HP (Logitech) cordless
mouse using two AA's, and it took a mouse-click to wake it up after
sitting.

Actually wasn't bad, went several months on a set of batteries if you
used decent alkaline batteries.





My problem is I have big hands, like a big mouse, but don't like cords.
*When all my old mice started dying I researched
obsessive-compulsively. *I bought a Cyborg RAT7 which is actually corded
but had some other features that I liked, and the Performance Mouse MX.
*The RAT7 was my favorite and had a real light, "limp" cord so it
wasn't too offensive. *It died after two months of use *I'm still
using the PMMX at home but miss the "pinky shelf" of the RAT. *Need to
find a new mouse to take to work; right now I'm using a Dell OEM mouse
that I stole from the IT guy and it's ****ing me off with how cheap and
nasty it is (especially compared to my Filco keyboard... hey, I figure
if I'm going to spend at least half and often all of my working day in
front of a computer, I might as well not be ****ed off by my input devices.)

nate

Pick up a decent trackball and you wont go back

Gunner

Actually, if you could still get them easily I'd be getting the corded
keyboards with a Touchpad built in. *Never got lost, and they would
work in odd places like when you were working on a big project on the
desk and had the keyboard balanced on top of the monitor.

Or drop it on top of the pile and do your thing without finding a
clear flat clean spot for mousing. *All it needed to be was flat
enough so the keyboard stayed on the desk.

The best ones had drivers where you touch and drag the right edge of
the pad and drag the window up and down, or the bottom and drag it
side to side. *Nice and intuitive.

I personally hate those, but if you haunt eBay, you can probably find
an old Cherry POS (that's Point of Sale, not what you think) keyboard
that has what you want. Or a Cherry 11900 series board that's
intended for a server rack. Another benefit is that they use high
quality mechanical key switches like the Japanese and Korean boards
aimed at the uber-hard-core gamer set. I personally don't like the
Cherry boards because both options move the arrow keys and nav cluster
out of the traditional positions, and I also don't particularly like
touchpads either, but they are very good boards and can often be found
for cheap used. When looking at Cherry boards, only buy ones with a
"G80" part number prefix, the G81 look nearly identical but use a
different, less expensive keyswitch mechanism that feels like pushing
your finger into a warm pile of excrement.

I actually had a Cherry POS board that I would have sent you for
shipping, but I tore it apart for the keyswitches (I liked the feel of
it, but not the layout or appearance, so I took an old Filco and used
the switches from the Cherry board to make my own personal "perfect
keyboard.")

nate