Re: [Bluez-users] MX900 sometimes catalepsic

[puggy@bobspants.com]

It's a real shame really as the logitech mice like the mx500 and mx900 are
really, really nice. The off switch issue on the mx900 is the only gripe I
have.

Puggy

> 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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