Laptop mouse

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I have a laptop without an external mouse-just the panel on the keyboard that acts as a mouse.
Strange thins is this-
It has been a bit cold here lately and I have been wearing thin gloves as I type but it is almost impossible to control the 'mouse' with a glove on. Without a glove, the cursor hardly moves and I have to put a lot of pressure on to move it.
without the glove, just the lightest pressure is adequate.
Can anyone explain this?

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  • TheOpenMinded
    14 years ago

    The natural oil on your fingers tracks the sensors in the integrated mousepad.

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  • PoisonFlowers
    14 years ago

    You can buy an external mouse if you want. I find the touch pad quite frustrating at times.

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    • Lockets
      14 years ago

      Hi, I've got used to it now but I did find it fiddly at first!

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      • hotchickie81
        14 years ago

        I know what you mean!

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  • stanley_fedoraless
    14 years ago

    Laptop mouses generally use capacitive sensing. Basically, the mouse needs to be able to complete an electrical circuit with your finger. If you try to control the cursor with a pencil or something, you'll see that that doesn't work at all since a pencil does not conduct electricity.

    Your gloves probably don't conduct electricity either. Since they're thin the mouse can complete the circuit with your finger (which does conduct electricity) through them, kind of, if you press really hard.

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    • Lockets
      14 years ago

      Thanks for answering my question! I didn't realise my fingers were completing an electrical circuit!

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