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minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 days agoThe first optical mice absolutely sucked compared to trackballs. Fortunately, that period did not last long.
minus-squareddh@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-29 hours agoFirst optical mouse I used was interning at a university engineering department in 1993. It had a special metal mousepad with a grid on it, and it worked pretty well as I recall. TIL it was a Kirsch design, one of the first, from 1980. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_mouse#/media/File:Old_optical_mouse.jpeg
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 hours agoNice. I was referring to the consumer-level products that didn’t require a special pad, though.
The first optical mice absolutely sucked compared to trackballs.
Fortunately, that period did not last long.
First optical mouse I used was interning at a university engineering department in 1993. It had a special metal mousepad with a grid on it, and it worked pretty well as I recall.
TIL it was a Kirsch design, one of the first, from 1980.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_mouse#/media/File:Old_optical_mouse.jpeg
Nice. I was referring to the consumer-level products that didn’t require a special pad, though.