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I'm betting those wireless K/Ms are using an infrared signal, which means pretty much anything that blocks line of sight to the wrong receiver, right? I mean, the problem is just that IR doesn't really do channels, right? It's just light, and any receiver will pick up any active mouse in it's line of sight. I think.
So if the problems recently developed, it may be something as simple as a small change of placement of an object on your shared computer work surface, or a change in the way you or DW are holding the mouse or keyboard, so the IR emitter is now pointing at your receiver as well as hers.
Also, is there anything else in that room that might be emitting IR light?
They are not IR they are RF.
Yeah, then ignore everything I just said.
You guys rule! Thanks! I'm going to try some of this stuff (moving things around on the desk, USB extender) and see if it improves. Is getting very frustrating! Last night I told DW, "Stop mousing so I can do this thing quickly!" That's no way to co-compute, man!
Apropos of nothing, I don't like the new google favicon. It seems weird to me. Fear change? Me?
I'm not a huge fan of it either, Liese. It takes too long for my brain to register it as Google.
I like it better than the blah blue one they had in between, but not as much as the classic capital G.
I'm with amy - totally. I hated the last one.
It takes too long for my brain to register it as Google.
Yeah, I think this is it. I register the colors as Microsoft, or something. Whose favicon is blue. I dunno. I think I don't see the "g" immediately.
The new Google icon is wrong.
