Nervous Mouse Syndrome

[Bart Silverstrim]

Joseph wrote:

> WHOA!  Hold IT!  Put on the brakes!   <GRIN>
> 
> I'm not sure why it seems some of you believe I have a wireless.  I probably wasn't clear....  my 
> mouse is corded with an PS2 (little round) plug....   it's just an optical track ball.

When I have a corded optical mouse do this, it's often been because:

a) the surface was SMOOOOOOTH and unbroken in color, and that mouse was 
going ga ga because it couldn't see a difference in the surface.  Used a 
mousepad or a sheet of paper and it suddenly worked.

b) the surface was SHINY, or transparent with an offset (i.e., plexi or 
glass surface on top of a desk) so it scattered the light and told the 
mouse it was moving when it wasn't.

I've read about a case where a mouse went nuts because sunlight was 
shining just right at a particular time of day and it was creeping into 
the mouse housing and interfering with a sensor.  Remove the hand, 
pointer was moving by itself.

Don't know if any of these help...

-Bart