Mouse Pad Colors
Dec 29, 2021 11:13:22 #
I was browsing through Amazon last night, and I came upon mouse pads. So many of them were solid black. I thought the mouse needed different views to know where it was. How can al all-black surface provide that information? Right now, I'm using an all-brown desk pad, and the mouse works fine. Why?
Dec 29, 2021 11:40:49 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I was browsing through Amazon last night, and I came upon mouse pads. So many of them were solid black. I thought the mouse needed different views to know where it was. How can al all-black surface provide that information? Right now, I'm using an all-brown desk pad, and the mouse works fine. Why?
Reflections of the laser LED detected off the "not completely smooth" mouse pad.
It works on a desk because it can discern the grain.
White paper works also.
Dec 29, 2021 11:42:30 #
Jerry, it's probably the texture of the surface rather than the color.
--Bob
--Bob
jerryc41 wrote:
I was browsing through Amazon last night, and I came upon mouse pads. So many of them were solid black. I thought the mouse needed different views to know where it was. How can al all-black surface provide that information? Right now, I'm using an all-brown desk pad, and the mouse works fine. Why?
Dec 29, 2021 11:46:42 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I was browsing through Amazon last night, and I came upon mouse pads. So many of them were solid black. I thought the mouse needed different views to know where it was. How can al all-black surface provide that information? Right now, I'm using an all-brown desk pad, and the mouse works fine. Why?
Where did you hear about needing patterns? I have gotten them to work with a piece of white foam core. I guess we all need to know more about the engineering to understand it.
Dec 29, 2021 11:50:35 #
rmalarz wrote:
Jerry, it's probably the texture of the surface rather than the color.
--Bob
--Bob
Optical texture.
Dec 29, 2021 11:51:28 #
https://computer.howstuffworks.com/question631.htm?utm_source=howstuffworks&utm_medium=recirc
--Bob
--Bob
jerryc41 wrote:
I was browsing through Amazon last night, and I came upon mouse pads. So many of them were solid black. I thought the mouse needed different views to know where it was. How can al all-black surface provide that information? Right now, I'm using an all-brown desk pad, and the mouse works fine. Why?
Dec 29, 2021 12:04:12 #
The optical mice use a low power laser LED.
The image is of my mouse pad that I need to replace.
Over the years I have occasionally forgotten to turn the mouse off at night.
Years of the laser LED sitting in the same area overnight....
It ate through the top layer of the mouse pad (tannish-white areas).
The image is of my mouse pad that I need to replace.
Over the years I have occasionally forgotten to turn the mouse off at night.
Years of the laser LED sitting in the same area overnight....
It ate through the top layer of the mouse pad (tannish-white areas).
Dec 29, 2021 13:07:13 #
lamiaceae wrote:
Where did you hear about needing patterns?
My brain told me, but I guess it was wrong again.
Obviously, the mouse needs some variation in the surface when it moves, but I thought it needed more than it actually does.
Dec 29, 2021 13:56:30 #
Never have i used a mouse pad, my desktop seems to work just fine as one....
Dec 29, 2021 14:59:11 #
Dec 29, 2021 16:27:51 #
jerryc41 wrote:
My brain told me, but I guess it was wrong again.
Obviously, the mouse needs some variation in the surface when it moves, but I thought it needed more than it actually does.
Obviously, the mouse needs some variation in the surface when it moves, but I thought it needed more than it actually does.
I think the OLD (original) optical mice DID need a pattern to skitter across.
I do remember some not working correctly on some solid color smooth finishes.
Maybe the old ones were plain LEDs, not laser.
EDIT: I did find this:
"The key difference between an optical mouse and a laser mouse is their illumination source. An optical mouse uses an infrared LED light to illuminate the surface. A laser mouse illuminates the surface with a laser beam."
Maybe the infrared didn't do so well without a pattern to discriminate movement and laser light scatters with any movement.
Dec 30, 2021 06:31:13 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I was browsing through Amazon last night, and I came upon mouse pads. So many of them were solid black. I thought the mouse needed different views to know where it was. How can al all-black surface provide that information? Right now, I'm using an all-brown desk pad, and the mouse works fine. Why?
I use my Apple Magic Mouse on a plain slick light gray surface with no problems.
I recall when the optical mouse first came out seeing them demo'd on a mirror and plain glass.
Dec 30, 2021 08:06:43 #
I haven't used a mouse pad in years. I just use my desktop. I have had no problems.
Dec 30, 2021 08:42:43 #
Edward Booth wrote:
I haven't used a mouse pad in years. I just use my desktop. I have had no problems.
Same here for my Logitech M510 Mouse
Dec 30, 2021 09:31:40 #
Edward Booth wrote:
I haven't used a mouse pad in years. I just use my desktop. I have had no problems.
I've worn the design off my current mouse pad, and I don't want to wear away the surface of the desk.
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