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Written by Malcontent Negotiation on 2025-01-22 at 10:05

Remember the days of the mechanical ball mouse, when the rollers would get horribly gummed-up with unpleasant goo and you'd have to open it up and clean them?

WHERE DOES ALL THAT CRUFT GO NOW?

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Written by Fabian N. T. on 2025-01-22 at 10:39

@pikesley I recently switched from mouse to trackball. And while I’m generally very happy with it, I can tell you that the goo does still exist — and that I really didn’t miss that part of peripherals maintenance.

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Written by Tanquist on 2025-01-22 at 11:09

@pikesley

Expert mouse trackballs. At least they're easy to clean!

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Written by Phil Ashby :marmite: 🍵 on 2025-01-22 at 20:54

@pikesley I still have to scrape the goo off the slide feet of my optical mouse... this is where I admit to enjoying trying to get all the goo off a roller as a single strip...

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