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well, I think that nowadays the optical sensors are quite sensitive, and it's not that hard to achieve any apparent placement of the sensor through some softwar
by seer 18y ago
well, I think that nowadays the optical sensors are quite sensitive, and it's not that hard to achieve any apparent placement of the sensor through some software modification of the output. So even if you place your mouse at the far back, you can make it behave as though it's in front. Or at least I think so...
- mlinsey 18y agoI don't see how. I presume mice only register changes in position, and not changes in orientation. That's all you can measure with a ball so I presume that's all that is measured with optical mice. So if you were for instance to hold the top of the mouse in place and rotate the rest of the mouse around that point, you would definitely register a change in position with the optical sensor, and I don't know how you would do this in software. So the mouse won't ever behave exactly like it would if the sensor were at the front.
- sanj 18y agoI think that your assumption is incorrect. The optical sensors are comparing images, currently looking for translation. There's not reason they couldn't look for rotation. However, it is a firmware, rather than software change.