Re: [Bluez-users] MX900 sometimes catalepsic

[Bryan Forbes <bryan@reigndropsfall.net>]

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MacMice makes a mouse that looks much like the apple mouse with left and
right mouse buttons plus a clickable scrollwheel that is bluetooth and
comes with an on/off switch (http://www.dvforge.com/themousebt.shtml).
I was looking into this mouse, but decided to go with the microsoft one
instead.

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 06:59 +0100, Marcel Holtmann wrote:
> Hi Puggy,
> 
> > Same here. I thought it was a mouse problem because when it does this
> > the optical thingy on the bottom is constantly on. It only ever does
> > this when you carry the mouse around with it on, left on a desk, it
> > never seems to do this.
> 
> I think it is a problem in the mouse firmware, but maybe my suggestion
> with disabling inquiry scan and page scan before disconnecting can help
> to not bring the mouse into a deadlock.
> 
> > I did suggest to Logitech that they should put an on/off switch on these
> > mice but they gave me some rubbish answer like "It's intended to be used
> > with the base station and not carried around and used with a laptop". I
> > was like, "What? So I fork out an extra 50 quid to get the bluetooth
> > version because...?". But that is all beside the point.
> 
> That is exactly the point. I discussed this with another company and it
> is hard for some sales/support guys to understand what is really needed
> and what is simply a bad design. Not integrating an on/off switch is
> totally stupid. However Apple did this one right, but you there is
> always the proble with the missing second and third mouse buttons ;)
> 
> Regards
> 
> Marcel
> 
> 
> 
> 
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