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nomy@lemmy.zip 3 weeks agoIt was so disgusting digging all the gunk out with a toothpick, cotton swabs, and alcohol.
Optical mice were such a huge improvement everyone I knew (except the weird trackball guy) switched as soon as they became available and never looked back.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The first optical mice absolutely sucked compared to trackballs.
Fortunately, that period did not last long.
DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 weeks ago
First optical mouse I used was interning at a university engineering department in 1993. It had a special metal mousepad with a grid on it, and it worked pretty well as I recall.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nice. I was referring to the consumer-level products that didn’t require a special pad, though.