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February 2003 — Dan L. reports his Apple Optical Mouse skips in the red areas of the mouse pad.
April 2002 — Joshua K. reports that the new Microsoft Version 3 Optical Mouse works great with the VisiBone mouse pads.
2001 — Note to owners of the Microsoft® Intellimouse™ Optical, a mouse with no ball: Three customers, Josh, Kathy and David, reported this mouse won't work on these mouse pads. Microsoft claims: "No mouse ball. No mouse pad." explaining "The precise sensor detects motion on hundreds of surfaces, including wood, plastic, or even your pants leg." (talk about your human engineering) and warns "The IntelliEye sensor performs best on surfaces with detail to track. It will not function on surfaces without visible detail (like glass) or surfaces where it will see its reflection (like mirrors or glossy surfaces)." The VisiBone mouse pads may be too glossy or lacking in detail across the color chips. Josh says: "Microsoft is refreshing its mice in October with a newer version that has a much more sensitive pickup. This new mouse might alleviate the problem." It's good to see mouse technology keeping up with mouse pad technology.
Kathy A. tried three different hard-top materials with her Micorsoft Intellimouse Optical. She reports: "They all cause the cursor to go erratic but only on the right, in the purple area. (And moving the mouse on a diagonal)."
Jesse F. reports: "If I get the sensor down in the lower left corner of the pad the pointer starts jumping around. Other than that I find it very useful on occasion." Kenneth F. reports: "It seemed to have the most trouble (I think) going over the red swatches. I thought maybe it conflicted with the red laser beam, ha, ha."
Anyone have an Apple Pro Mouse? Apple says: "The optical mechanism works like a charm on just about any surface. About the only time you’d need a mouse pad is when you’re using the Apple Pro Mouse on a highly reflective glass or mirrored surface. In a case like this, a regular mouse pad will do nicely." (Not approved for your pants leg unfortunately.) John E. reports: "...generally works well with the exception of red surfaces. As it mouses across red colors the cursor tends to jump uncontrollably across the screen".
Joe Gillespie of wpdfd.com (Web Page Design for Designers) reports: "[The Intellimouse Optical and Apple Pro Mouse] both work fine for the most part but going over the red section there is sometimes, not always, a little skip in the tracking. As I said, it is a very minor problem. The red squares are obviously reflecting more red light than the green and blue ones. I have another promotional pad with a large half-tone and areas of red. Same thing happens on it too."
Feedback welcome, stein@visibone.com.