Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse?

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Date	2021-10-19 23:38 +0100
From	"J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk>
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Subject	Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse?
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On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 at 15:25:22, Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> wrote 
(my responses usually follow points raised):
>On Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:30:50 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
><G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
[]
>>What happened to the sort where the receiver was a caddy/charger, and
>>you put the mouse - which had a rechargeable - in it when not using it?
>
>I've never seen that approach and it's something I'd definitely avoid. A
>caddy/charger sounds like something extra that I don't want or need, an
>extra device taking up precious real estate, especially since the caddy
>itself is most likely wired. Getting away from a wired solution is the
>whole point, IMHO.

When cordless mice/keyboards first appeared, they used infra-red, not 
microwaves - same as cordless TV remote controls do. (We don't refer to 
_those_ _as_ "cordless" any more, as we just expect them to be. But they 
weren't always! [They went through a phase of using ultrasonics, but 
we'll skip that for now!]) Infra-red needed line-of-sight, so there 
_had_ to be a wired IR receiver on your desk somewhere, even if the 
mouse itself had no wire. (The receiver was usually tucked _fairly_ out 
of the way, such as under the monitor.) Given that that had to be 
present, I thought it was a clever thought to make it a charger too: the 
mouse was still "wireless" when you were actually _using_ it. (The 
current consumption of electronics is a lot lower than it was in those 
days too.)
[]
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[OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-10-19 09:40 +0000
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? "R.Wieser" <address@not.available> - 2021-10-19 13:15 +0200
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? knuttle <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-10-19 07:32 -0400
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? aer <noemail@noemail.xxx> - 2021-10-19 08:09 -0400
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2021-10-19 10:24 -0500
        Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-10-19 16:30 +0100
          Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2021-10-19 15:25 -0500
            Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2021-10-19 23:38 +0100
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> - 2021-12-24 07:48 -0500
        Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-12-24 08:08 -0500
          Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> - 2021-12-24 09:22 -0500
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Big Al <Bears@invalid.com> - 2021-10-19 08:36 -0400
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Char Jackson <none@none.invalid> - 2021-10-19 10:21 -0500
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? FACE <AFaceInTheCrowd@today.net> - 2021-12-24 08:20 -0500
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Rene Lamontagne <rlamont@shaw.ca> - 2021-12-24 10:31 -0600
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Wolffan <akwolffan@zoho.com> - 2021-10-19 08:55 -0400
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Fokke Nauta <usenet@solfon.nl> - 2021-10-19 16:41 +0200
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2021-10-19 16:59 +0000
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com> - 2021-10-19 17:17 +0000
      Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? John Doe <always.look@message.header> - 2021-10-19 18:39 +0000
        Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Edward Hernandez <dtgamer99@gmail.com> - 2021-10-19 18:53 +0000
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2021-10-19 18:07 +0000
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2021-10-20 15:12 +0000
  Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2021-10-26 14:07 +0100
    Re: [OT] Do you switch off/on your wireless keyboard/mouse? John <Man@the.keyboard> - 2021-10-28 16:37 +0100

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