>If it's a regular, repeating geometric pattern on the scale of your average mouse motions, that's one of the problem surfaces. Also solid colour (especially black) is not good either.
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>Maybe you could get a mousepad with a fake wood grain or autumn leaves pattern - something non-repeating with lots of features for the mouse sensor to track.
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>The mouse pad I use is excellent - a slightly rough plastic surface embedded with thousands of randomly scattered metal flakes.
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>One last thing to check is that there is not a small piece of lint stuck in the laser sensor - that can make the cursor jump around, too.
What makes it better for such a mouse to be on a pattern surface than a solid one?
Basically, it seems to be something in regards to that and not about the wireless.