[primecut]

Hi, my handy and reliable old Intellimouse explorer finally died last week (been 3 good years) so I went and bought the new wireless intellimouse explorer 2.0 (the tilt wheel one). I heard some really good reviews, but the very first thing that I noticed after install was that the tracking wasn't smooth. When I move the mouse, the cursor movement has a slight stutter, almost like it's missing animation. I wanted to make sure I wasn't hallucinating, so I plugged in my dad's wired optical intellimouse, and the cursor movement is instantly a lot smoother across the screen. FYI, I'm using the latest intellipoint software from MS website (5.0). The connection between the receiver and the mouse is excellent (< 1 feet away) and I put some fresh batteries in there.

I just wanted to share and ask those who have this mouse, if they are having the same experience w/ this mouse. The rough cursor movement is quite annoying and it affects me when I'm moving pixels in photoshop.

On a side note, for some strange reason the vertical scroll stopped functioning for me after a day. I reinstalled drivers and messed around and still can't get it to work. Hm...

[RH]

I just recently picked one of these mice up to replace my trusty old apple pro mouse. It has been a great mouse so far. I really like the Wireless Intellimouse Explorer 2.0.

The tracking is good and smooth, I am also using the latest software version (5.0), from the Mactopia website. I would suggest returning it an getting a new one.

RH

[KP*]

I just bought one too. I actually got it to replace my wired Intellimouse, which I felt was having tracking problems, but I think the problems were related more to the cord creating friction on the desk rather than the optical sensor. The cords on those are right at the bottom of the mouse and scrape along the desk.

I've been hesitant to go wireless because it seems like it would inherently be less responsive than wired, but so far I see an improvement in my mousing accuracy (my two most mouse-dependent needs are for gaming as well as Photoshop).

I had heard some bad things about the tilt wheel, but decided to take a chance. I use the scroll button constantly for opening new tabs in Safari, and it does require more careful aim to get it to press in as opposed to rolling the wheel, but I don't think this has anything to do with the new tilting motion, it's just that the vertical wheel rolls smoothly without any detents between each degree of scroll, so there's no resistance to help direct the force of the click in. I'm hoping with practice I'll get used to how much force is needed and what is the best angle to push at.

So far I'm pleased, and if the battery life is half as good as they claim (6 months), I won't feel like I'm wasting money on that.

[selowitch]

Originally posted by KP*:
I use the scroll button constantly for opening new tabs in Safari

Out of curiosity and (sorry) off-topic, do you do that inside of the Intellimouse software, or do you need to link that button to an AppleScript to make that happen?

[KP*]

Originally posted by selowitch:
Out of curiosity and (sorry) off-topic, do you do that inside of the Intellimouse software, or do you need to link that button to an AppleScript to make that happen?

Actually I believe that's built into Safari -- by default any clickable scrollwheel will open the link it's clicked on in a new tab (or I guess a new window if you have tabs disabled). Even mice that don't come with customizable software can do this, which is great because it's the action I want that button to perform anyway.

[selowitch]

Originally posted by KP*:
Actually I believe that's built into Safari -- by default any clickable scrollwheel will open the link it's clicked on in a new tab (or I guess a new window if you have tabs disabled). Even mice that don't come with customizable software can do this, which is great because it's the action I want that button to perform anyway.

Ooooooooooh. Didn't know that. Very cool!

[smic]

i got one of those wireless mice to replace my old trackball
i havent had a problem with it at all
the tilt is cool
i found out too, that using the usb overdrive software it wont use the tilt, but the microsofts will
but you can have both installed and have each one for a specific app if you needed too
i have microsoft for most of my apps, but overdrive for a couple of games

[axenios]

In response to the problem you gave below about your cursor:

"When I move the mouse, the cursor movement has a slight stutter, almost like it's missing animation."

The same thing just happened to me. After taking it apart, cleaning it, blowing on the laser to clear out any possible dust, and pressing the reset button on both the mouse and the reciever, still had the problem.

What finally worked was uninstalling the mouse driver and rebooting the computer. Apparently the driver had become corrupted over time, and reinstalling it in this way solved the problem.