Comments on: Mouse of champions http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/ the blog that is not dansdata.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:06:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-6603 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:19:09 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-6603 ...and <b>now</b>, after more than three years of heavy daily use, the click-wheel "button 3" switch is going dodgy. It often does a double click when I only want one click, and occasionally misses a click altogether. I may be able to fix it by just cleaning the switch. I've ordered another Explorer 3.0 anyway, though, since <a href="http://stores.shop.ebay.com.au/TEC-TRADE-COM__W0QQ_armrsZ1" rel="nofollow">this eBay seller</a> had a new-in-box one for $AU35 + $AU10 delivery. ...and now, after more than three years of heavy daily use, the click-wheel "button 3" switch is going dodgy. It often does a double click when I only want one click, and occasionally misses a click altogether.

I may be able to fix it by just cleaning the switch. I've ordered another Explorer 3.0 anyway, though, since this eBay seller had a new-in-box one for $AU35 + $AU10 delivery.

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-5009 Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:12:17 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-5009 ...and now, after another year of heavy daily use, my 3.0 is still in perfect working order! ...and now, after another year of heavy daily use, my 3.0 is still in perfect working order!

]]> by: Daniel Rutter http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-2502 Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:27:32 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-2502 Late addition: I've had this 3.0 for well over a year now, and it's still 100% functional. All this means is that not <i>every</i> example of the re-released 3.0 is a lemon, of course, but I thought it was worth mentioning anyway. Late addition: I've had this 3.0 for well over a year now, and it's still 100% functional. All this means is that not every example of the re-released 3.0 is a lemon, of course, but I thought it was worth mentioning anyway.

]]> by: Jax184 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-895 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 03:47:28 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-895 An update to that warning. A month after the left mouse button problem, the cord of my 3.0 has now failed as well. The mouse works, so long as the cord isn't flexed near where it enters the mouse. Pretty much rules out moving it. This 3.0 version 2.0 doesn't seem to be going over so well... An update to that warning. A month after the left mouse button problem, the cord of my 3.0 has now failed as well. The mouse works, so long as the cord isn't flexed near where it enters the mouse. Pretty much rules out moving it.
This 3.0 version 2.0 doesn't seem to be going over so well...

]]> by: DoC http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-893 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 13:55:51 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-893 If the right-handedness of the Intellimouse Explorer bothers you, maybe try the 'Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1A' As far as I'm aware it has the same optical system as the Explorer (it doesn't skip about under fast movement and leave you facing a wall instead of the enemy) but its perfectly symmetrical in shape, and cheap! It only has the two buttons and a wheel (that clicks) so if you're attached to thumb buttons it might not be your thing. Ive played quite a bit of Quakeworld over the last 5 years and mine hasn't missed a beat. If the right-handedness of the Intellimouse Explorer bothers you, maybe try the 'Wheel Mouse Optical 1.1A'

As far as I'm aware it has the same optical system as the Explorer (it doesn't skip about under fast movement and leave you facing a wall instead of the enemy) but its perfectly symmetrical in shape, and cheap!

It only has the two buttons and a wheel (that clicks) so if you're attached to thumb buttons it might not be your thing.

Ive played quite a bit of Quakeworld over the last 5 years and mine hasn't missed a beat.

]]> by: KLR http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-890 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 06:29:13 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-890 Jax...my Intellimouse had the exact same problem after just a few months worth of use. Jax...my Intellimouse had the exact same problem after just a few months worth of use.

]]> by: phrantic http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-889 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 14:22:23 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-889 Yes, that boomslang review was the one I was thinking of, but was too lazy to Google. Hmm Dan's conspicuously absent from these comments. Submit your conspiracy theories! Yes, that boomslang review was the one I was thinking of, but was too lazy to Google.

Hmm Dan's conspicuously absent from these comments. Submit your conspiracy theories!

]]> by: m56 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-886 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:19:49 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-886 Both http://www.dansdata.com/mousemats2.htm and http://www.dansdata.com/wireweight.htm have nearly identical sidebars dealing with the heavily debated subject of the correct plural of mouse (mouses for plastic, mice for fur, according to Dan...) But true historians note that in the dark ages of the late 1990's, Dan used <b>both</b> forms in a single review... but perhaps he got all confused after dealing with the non-capitalized-yet-umlauted company name of "kärna LLC"... http://dansdata.com/boomslang.htm Both http://www.dansdata.com/mousemats2.htm and
http://www.dansdata.com/wireweight.htm have nearly identical sidebars dealing with the heavily debated subject of the correct plural of mouse (mouses for plastic, mice for fur, according to Dan...)

But true historians note that in the dark ages of the late 1990's, Dan used both forms in a single review... but perhaps he got all confused after dealing with the non-capitalized-yet-umlauted company name of "kärna LLC"...
http://dansdata.com/boomslang.htm

]]> by: Jax184 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-885 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 09:05:06 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-885 Just a little warning. I bought an intellimouse 3.0 in Feb to replace my logitech (Which I had repaired twice by then.) By mid March, the left mouse button had failed. Go to select something and 2 out of 3 times it double clicks instead of single clicks. A bit of googling suggests that this is a very common problem with the microsoft mice. The only difference is most of the reports were after several Years of use, not just under a month. I can't say if the new intellimouse is built to lesser standards, or if I'm just unlucky, but I'm certainly not happy. Just a little warning. I bought an intellimouse 3.0 in Feb to replace my logitech (Which I had repaired twice by then.) By mid March, the left mouse button had failed. Go to select something and 2 out of 3 times it double clicks instead of single clicks. A bit of googling suggests that this is a very common problem with the microsoft mice. The only difference is most of the reports were after several Years of use, not just under a month. I can't say if the new intellimouse is built to lesser standards, or if I'm just unlucky, but I'm certainly not happy.

]]> by: phrantic http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-884 Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:39:01 +0100 http://dansdata.blogsome.com/2007/04/12/mouse-of-champions/#comment-884 Sad as it is, that was my first thought too, Matt. I was about to dig up an old reference I vaguely recall in a dansdata.com page that ardently defended the term "mouses". Sad as it is, that was my first thought too, Matt. I was about to dig up an old reference I vaguely recall in a dansdata.com page that ardently defended the term "mouses".

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