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...never use magnification when you take the ball out of a trackball to clean the rollers it moves on.
All you will see is the other dirt, and hair, and yuck; and the next thing you will do is dismantle it, clean it properly, and put it back together.
And if you're me, you'll then take it apart again, put the middle button mechanism back together the correct way this time, spot some more rubbish in there under a PCB and clean that, make a note of the microswitch ID's, reassemble it and then order a new pair of switches since one is starting to "bounce" too much. 
Magnifying halo lights: they should be banned. From my desk, anyway... 
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Well, what I learned is:
1. I don't like trackballs
2. I don't like mice with balls
3. Optical mice are much easier to clean. Just blow them. I mean, blow on them.
4. I like mice with tails. Cordless mice, the batteries die right when I need it to work the most.
4b. Except for my laptop, because it has a touchpad so I'm not SOL.
5. Repair? No, that's why I have a spare mouse in its packaging ready to go at a moment's notice.
Marc
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I do - I wouldn't go back to a "normal" rodent. Falling off the mouse mat, moving when you press a button, general PITA... 
I'm with you on wireless though, my keyboard and trackball are both wired. Hate batteries going flat when you need 'em to work.
And I much prefer to repair than replace if I can - I'm probably just mean, but I don't much like built in obsolescence. And so since I can solder PTH (and Herself can solder SMT) I generally try to fix things. Don't always succeed...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Hate batteries going flat when you need 'em to work
Spare batteries? My wireless mouse goes for months on a battery. I keep a couple spares in my laptop bag. I hate lugging any more cable around than I need to.
Software Zen: delete this;
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My wireless mouse also can be a wired mouse - which recharges the batteries in it. I can use it until it becomes unresponsive and then plug in the USB cable and keep using it as a wired mouse until it is recharged.
The only thing is that I just realised I haven't unplugged it for a couple of months now. Who need wireless anyway? My keyboard is connected via USB cable and I don't notice.
I think wireless input devices are like 3D TV. They sound great and amazing until you use them and then they are just normal and boring, or worse, annoying.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Trackball, rollers. How quaint.
Must be the same feeling as when you lube your Ford Anglia before taking her to the shop.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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OriginalGriff wrote: order a new pair of switches
Seriously man, you have way too much time on your hands! At least move up to a corded optical mouse.
It is funny how one (or maybe it's just me) can become attached to a keyboard or mouse. Up until yesterday, I was using an HP keyboard from 1998...then I spilled tea on it and it started misfiring...I shall clean it up over the weekend. The replacement keyboard is just not the same.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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I know that feeling, the best keyboard I have ever used was from an IBM AT 286. The only drawback was the noise level.
I had to chose between getting a new keyboard or keeping a stone age computer.
Be excellent to each other. And... PARTY ON, DUDES!
Abraham Lincoln
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No! They are horrible to use.
Trackballs don't need to be physically moved, so they don't "fall off the mat", they don't move slightly when you are clicking the buttons, your arm doesn't have to track round the desk with it, and so forth. They are also generally slightly larger, so your whole hand fits neatly round it and gets supported. All you move are your thumb for mouse pointer position, and fingers for clicks.
I'm on probably my 6th or 7th trackball now - and there is no way I'd go back to a "normal" rodent!
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which mat? 
You only need one if your desktop is to crappy to properly reflect the light of an optical mous or if you're still using a rubber ball mouse.
I have a really large and flat mouse pad at home where there is no possibility to fall from.
I've tried Trackball once but I just can't operate with it precise enough. I guess when using it for a longer time period you're getting accustomed with the feeling. I however find the transition just isn't worth the effort 
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Good that I am on vacations... 
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