>I have a bluetooth mouse which usually works ok. Basically, I did a one-month assignment elsewhere and didn't have a problem. Once I came back at my office, I observed the same behavior again. Basically, once I have used the mouse after a period of time, it starts acting as if the connection is not good. So, the mouse skip on screen and this causes some unexpected behaviors. It seems to happen when the surface has been used for a while as if the temperate is changing and that start affecting the mouse. If I move the mouse over that surface, it is ok. I tried putting a different surface but it is the same. However, as I said, I only have this at my office. Could it be that when being used at the same location after a period of time that some interferences could happen?
If you have multiple Bluetooth devices in close proximity, interference is possible. I haven't encountered any cases like that myself.
Dying batteries in the mouse can cause behaviour like that.
With the mouse cursor jumping around, another common problem is a bad mouse pad. Types that cause problems with optical mice:
- Regular geometric patterns. A lot of Dell mousepads have a surface etched with a honeycomb pattern, these are terrible with optical mice
- Printed patterns that on a small scale use dithered colours, and have transitions from one gradient fill to another.
- Glass. If you are using a glass surface on top of say a wooden desk, this is terrible too. A mirror surface is even worse
If you have a plain wooden desk surface (either solid or veneer), that's an excellent optical mouse surface. Try that to see if your problem persists.
Regards. Al
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