Re: Mouse pad or no mouse pad?
I went through this for years. That's why I switched to a track ball (which by the way is awesome for games that have turetts in them like the BF series). .
The main purpose of a mouse pad now-a-days, with the advent of laser mice isn't for smooth operation of the cursor (via balls and wheels). It's for a smooth surface that doesn't cause "drag" or "stickiness".
If the surface your using your mouse on isn't smooth the mouse itself with physically drag or studder, causing your cursor to do the same. This is especially true with people who use very little "travel" (high sensitivity) , it's not as much of an issue with those who have lot's of travel (low sensitivity).
There is also the issue of laser detection. Although laser mice can be used on any surface (other then a very reflective one), there is some debate whether a plain surface is inferior to one with many changes in it. The laser "reads" the difference in the position it was once in reletive to the one it was moved to. If the your mouse surface is too consistant (a single color or with no variations in texture) it is said the laser won't report the changes in movement as accurately as a surface with variation. This is true for both soft and hard mouse pads.
There are softpads, the ones everyone is familar with and often come with a new computer, or can be bought with pictures of cats and flowers on them at your local CompUSA. There are also hard surface mouse pads.
Hard mouse pads are just that, a very solid surface for gaming. The biggest problem with hard mouse pads, is that they wear out the mouse "feet". Hence the introduction of "mouse skates".
The best combination I found (before switching over to a track ball) was a RatPadz w/ micro surface for better laser detection, along with mouse skates. Since the hard micro surface eventually wore mouse feet down.
I actually have an early promotional Radpadz from Hard[OCP].
I went through this for years. That's why I switched to a track ball (which by the way is awesome for games that have turetts in them like the BF series). .
The main purpose of a mouse pad now-a-days, with the advent of laser mice isn't for smooth operation of the cursor (via balls and wheels). It's for a smooth surface that doesn't cause "drag" or "stickiness".
If the surface your using your mouse on isn't smooth the mouse itself with physically drag or studder, causing your cursor to do the same. This is especially true with people who use very little "travel" (high sensitivity) , it's not as much of an issue with those who have lot's of travel (low sensitivity).
There is also the issue of laser detection. Although laser mice can be used on any surface (other then a very reflective one), there is some debate whether a plain surface is inferior to one with many changes in it. The laser "reads" the difference in the position it was once in reletive to the one it was moved to. If the your mouse surface is too consistant (a single color or with no variations in texture) it is said the laser won't report the changes in movement as accurately as a surface with variation. This is true for both soft and hard mouse pads.
There are softpads, the ones everyone is familar with and often come with a new computer, or can be bought with pictures of cats and flowers on them at your local CompUSA. There are also hard surface mouse pads.
Hard mouse pads are just that, a very solid surface for gaming. The biggest problem with hard mouse pads, is that they wear out the mouse "feet". Hence the introduction of "mouse skates".
The best combination I found (before switching over to a track ball) was a RatPadz w/ micro surface for better laser detection, along with mouse skates. Since the hard micro surface eventually wore mouse feet down.
I actually have an early promotional Radpadz from Hard[OCP].
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