Comments on: Big Monitor, Big Mouse Pad

By: Jan

Jan — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:48:42 +0000

The acceleration works ok for me, but it is still nice having a large mouse pad. I don’ t have to pick up my mouse and reposition it nearly as much. I’m only using a 19 inch monitor though.

By: Mark Shead

Mark Shead — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:30:27 +0000

@Jachim – I haven’t used a trackball for about 7 years. Maybe I should try one again. I use to have trackballs on my laptops and I was very disappointed when computers switched to touchpads.

@Lynoure – I’ve tried making adjustments to the acceleration, but I still find I need a larger mouse area for a larger monitor. Yesterday I finally just got rid of my mouse pad entirely to use the larger area of my keyboard tray.

I’ll have to play around with the acceleration settings some more. Perhaps I just haven’t hit on the right settings yet.

By: Lynoure Braakman

Lynoure Braakman — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 04:56:03 +0000

You can also just adjust the pointer acceleration and pointer threshold to allow longer than tiny movements propel your mouse further. This will keep your desktop area free of a oversized mousepad and will not require larger arm movements like a large mousepad would.

You can find these from K->System Settings->Keyboard&Mouse->Advanced if you are a KDE user. Similar settings exist in similar locations for other desktop environments.

By: Jachim

Jachim — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:44:47 +0000

Or try a trackball. No open desk space needed.