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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Another Preview Question
Date: 28 Nov 2013 23:09:39 GMT
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On 2013-11-28, Jamie Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
> Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
>
>> In article <1ld2enk.xfqdrga0d88yN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz>, Jamie
>> Kahn Genet <jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> wrote:
>> > Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>> > > In article <l76jls$4u2$1@dont-email.me>, Király <me@home.spamsucks.ca>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > In comp.sys.mac.system Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>> > > > > Form and function climaxed at the Mighty Mouse.
>> > > > 
>> > > > That's not saying much. Apple's mouse offerings have always been rather
>> > > > awful.
>> > > 
>> > > The pea ball on the top of the Mighty Mouse might look stupid but it
>> > > allows me to scroll a doc in both directions while moving the mouse
>> > > around. Most handy for a window that's in the background while I work
>> > > on a foreground window - such as typing into it while being able to
>> > > scroll the other one without this focus follows mouse rubbish which
>> > > would prevent me from doing that.
>> > 
>> > It's less efficient (till the scroll ball gets clogged with dust,
>> > anyway), but my Logitech g500s' scrollwheel pivots from side to side to
>> > scroll horizontally, and never gets stuffed up by dust and debris.
>> 
>> I never came across anyone I work with with a Mighty Mouse that ever
>> had issues with the scrollball getting clogged up ... you should clean
>> your desk more often.   ;-)
>
> Happened to me, my mum, my nana (both pretty tidy folk), and numerous
> other users - in fact, without exception - every single mighty mouse
> user I personally know. So I'm fairly certain it's not just me and the
> dust bunnies that roam behind my equipment and under my desk.

Mine did occasionally get clogged, but clearing it up was relatively
easy most of the time. That said, I did have to take one or two apart to
give them a more thorough cleaning, which was a pain and resulted in the
mouse not being quite as well assembled. Considering the ball is a
physical moving part, I more or less expected it to get clogged up with
dust occasionally. It was truly no big deal to me at the time. *shrug*

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