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Big Monitor, Big Mouse Pad

By Mark Shead 4 Comments

If you get a large monitor, consider getting a larger mouse pad as well.  It will help you navigate the larger screen without requiring that you pick the mouse up and move it.

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  1. Jachim says

    April 10, 2008 at 8:44 pm

    Or try a trackball. No open desk space needed.

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  2. Lynoure Braakman says

    April 10, 2008 at 10:56 pm

    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.

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  3. Mark Shead says

    April 11, 2008 at 5:30 am

    @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.

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  4. Jan says

    April 12, 2008 at 11:48 am

    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.

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