Comment on How can I clean my mouse wheel without taking apart my mouse?
solrize@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I didn’t know you could still get mice with wheels. I’ve only seen optical ones in the past decade or two. I don’t miss the mechanical ones. Oh wait, you mean the scroll wheel. In the old days there were mice with wheels on the bottom to sense the mouse positioning.
For your mouse, I’d just take it apart if it is possible to do, and clean everything.
Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
I’m old enough to have used these mice and they were balls not wheels underneath.
sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 4 months ago
The mouse had wheels which sat on the balls. It was sometimes necessary to clean those as well. Though, I suspect that the person you responded to wasn’t thinking about those wheels.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 months ago
Technically, the ball moved 2 wheels and the wheels were what would get clogged with lint and stuff, not the ball.
OopsOverbombing@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Heavy balls at that.
Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Giggity. I still have one in my junk drawer, although I tossed the mouse it belonged to years ago.
Perfide@reddthat.com 3 months ago
Not old enough, apparently. They originally were two wheels, and even when they switched to the ball, there was actually still two smaller wheels inside which were turned by the ball.
sanguinepar@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I can’t find a pic, but I’m sure-ish (like 70-80%) that I once used a mouse that had 2 wheels on the underside, one rolling vertical and one horizontal. I don’t think it was very good.