Mouse pads are pointless in the age of optical and laser mice

By 1 LinuxTX on February 22, 2007

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1 Morouxshi who disagreed, says

They are essential in the realm of glass desks.

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1 Jaimz who disagreed, says

yes, get get a Razer copperhead mouse and tell me the Razer Xactmat mouse pad doesn't help it's performance

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3 Martin Atkins who disagreed, says

As someone who tends to rest his little finger and thumb on the table when using a mouse, I much prefer the texture of my glossy mouse mat than the texture of my desk.

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1 andij who hasn't voted, says

Having a mouse pad helps to keep the clutter (mainly postit notes) on my desk away from my 'mousing area'

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1 H3g3m0n who agreed, says

I prefer not having a mouse pad, my desk is as smooth as most pads and it gives me 3 times the mousing area.

I can also move the mouse in front of the keyboard for when I'm too lazy to reach the extra foot =P Although in all serious it just requires little movements of the wrist rather than full arm movement that is required when its further away.

With that said I wouldn't mind one of those ultrasmooth but expensive mouse pads.

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1 AaronL who disagreed, says

My mousepad has one of those cushiony wrist-rests, and I couldn't do without it.

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