The number one rule for making your mousing life easer.......
1) Get rid of the Mouse and Get a good Trackball.
That may not work when using some other than your own computer though... (Which currently is frequently the case for yours truly.)
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Ya gotta watch these Trackball guys....
- Ripster
Not that much of a fan of Alt-"->" and Alt-"<-" for forward and back though... takes both hands for us AltGr-burdened folks.
For precision work such as graphical drawings using such a high sensitivity can be worse in ergonomics as it will more difficult to zero in or make slight adjustments.
Another "meta" tip:
If you're tired of keyboard/mouse switching, try keyboard navigation. It's commonly supported in Gecko-based web browsers (Firefox, Seamonkey, K-Meleon etc.--'Type ahead find' is especially useful--just type the text of a link and it gets selected; I read forums like this almost exclusively).
Not that much of a fan of Alt-"->" and Alt-"<-" for forward and back though... takes both hands for us AltGr-burdened folks.
The usual advice is to leave the sensitivity in the O/S at the default and upping it on your mouse if it allows. Increasing it in the o/s from it's default setting will cause it to jump over pixels since it has no other way to increase it. If you don't want to use that then there's always mouse acceleration.
Yes, one of the design blunders in firefox, have they implemented the standard backspace/enter combination that all the other browsers support yet?
Obviously, not many people have the luxury of interchangable mouse feet, but if you do experience a mouse you like then take notice of the surface you're trying it on!
I'm intrigued by this. So, are you saying that switching the "Pointer Speed" in the Control Panel/Mouse settings actually just causes it to jump pixels? I haven't noticed any decrease in precision since I upped mine to the max, but I may just not be noticing it for whatever reason.
What other mouse acceleration are you referring to?
Thanks!
I think we should bring some more mice geeks onto GeekHack. :) It would be great to have this forum be as strong with mice as it is with keyboards.