Mousepads

Are they good for anything anymore, if you have a smooth desk and a high quality optical mouse with no problems laser tracking? I can see getting one for lan parties, but is that it?

They're pretty well useless, unless you have a woodgrain desk. Optical Mouses don't get along w/ woodgrain desks. There was a war between them back in the 1700's, and they've hated each other every since. :)

I use a mousepad. I don't have a laser mouse but I know that my optical mouse just doesn't move around as well on the wooden desk, and occasionally it will jerk around.

Mousepads are also good for wrist rests, and can look pretty cool. I have a tan leather one.

Thanx crocodile dundee...you don't need a mousepad man.

lol a leather mousepad. Pimpin fresh!

I use a mousepad because my optical mouse dislikes the pattern on the surface my desk. There are plenty of surfaces around that optical mouses fail to operate correctly.

>>5
http://www.pielframa.com/leather_mouse_mat.htm Yeah, seriously. I recommend it, though it's mostly a wank.

>>6
after years i bought a mousepad, cause the G5 doesnt like my couch and the cursor is jittery when i want to aim
the MX518 had no prblems, maybe beacause it used two instead of one diodes