Quoting Paul Jakma <paul at clubi.ie>:
> /me wonders if optical mouse are free from this problem
>
Yes, yes they are. Which is why I bought an optical mouse when I built my
machine at home.
I'm sure I'll need to clean off the bottom where the leds and senors see
through at some stage, but no where near as frequently as with the standard
track ball mice.
--
Darragh
"Nothing's foolproof to a sufficently talented fool"
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