zombe on 31/5/2009 at 18:54
My mice occasionally interprets my single clicks as double clicks. Extremely annoying.
From the speed of the double click (~0ms) it seems ... ee ... (erm, don't know the English term for it => as with every switch the connection tends to bounces a lot and it is the software's responsibility to ignore thous) ... probably the switch is a bit fucked. But the bounces are still in the range that is quite impossible for a regular human (well, for me anyway) - which begs the rhetorical question WHY THE FUCK DID THEY DO THAT!?.
Now, to the question. Any ideas how to fix it (besides new mice)? Know any third party software that could fix it? Or?
Enchantermon on 31/5/2009 at 19:33
I've been having that problem recently as well with the left switch on my mouse. I think it's just wear on the mouse. I opened the thing up and noticed that the right switch is tighter than the left (in other words, the left clicks easier than the right), so I was just assuming that the switch was wearing out.
Plus, it was a fairly cheap mouse, and I've had it for three years.
zombe on 1/6/2009 at 20:54
Well, mine is ~half a year old (MX620 cordless laser) ... probably has even warranty - just pita to claim it. :/ Not yet ready to break it apart though.
There had to be already someone somewhere bored enough to make some little proggie that fixes it ... :sweat:
Al_B on 2/6/2009 at 20:05
The English term for it is 'debouncing' and trust me, if there wasn't any being applied to your mouse you'd have noticed it from day one.
Probably too obvious, but have you checked the double-click speed on the buttons tab in the mouse section of the control panel?
zombe on 3/6/2009 at 18:35
Quote Posted by Al_B
The English term for it is 'debouncing' and trust me, if there wasn't any being applied to your mouse you'd have noticed it from day one.
I did not say there was none applied (that would make the mouse quite unusable [have programmed quite some chips that handle switches myself]) - just that the protection time is too short.
Quote Posted by Al_B
Probably too obvious, but have you checked the double-click speed on the buttons tab in the mouse section of the control panel?
That adjust the max between-click-time that should be registered as double click. I need to adjust the minimum unfortunately :(
Al_B on 3/6/2009 at 20:50
You're absolutely correct - Windows doesn't think being able to double click too quickly is a problem. I don't know of a program that would fix it, unfortunately. Possibly by writing a HID filter driver it would be possible to intercept the clicks and debounce, but it strikes me that it's overkill for the problem and that the real solution is to either get the mouse changed under warrenty or replace the microswitches. Both are a PITA as you say, but probably for the best in the long run.
belboz on 4/6/2009 at 05:59
its the micro_switch in the left side they are supposed to last for 10,000 clicks but there loads of cheap naff ones coming from china, which only seem to last for 3000 clicks before becoming twitchy.
I've burned though 3 mices in six months when before they would last 8 months before going twitchy, it used to be the flap of plastic on the mouse body that would fail before the micro-switch would.
