{"id":1077,"date":"2006-01-15T16:50:15","date_gmt":"2006-01-15T22:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/?p=1077"},"modified":"2008-07-17T17:46:30","modified_gmt":"2008-07-17T22:46:30","slug":"wireless-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/?p=1077","title":{"rendered":"Wireless Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is it too much to ask for a wireless keyboard and mouse that works properly? I mean really, it’s not like they are $20. I paid $50 for this Microsoft desktop set<\/a> this afternoon and the mouse is already acting up. The mouse pointer moves to the top of the screen on its own and I just got a notice claiming the battery level in the mouse isn’t good. Huh? I just installed batteries, and unless this unit has been sitting on the shelves for years, the batteries in the box should be fine. When I check the battery status in the software, it says the battery level is good too. I don’t get it.<\/p>\n

I just can’t win, I tell you. In addition to the battery thing, the scroll wheel doesn’t perform smoothly like the Logitech did, and the keyboard is a little freaky the way the delete key is as large as two keys combined and the Insert key is in line with the F keys instead of the Backspace key. Is it really too much to ask for a normal operating mouse and keyboard? It’s either deal with this or go back to using the squeaky mouse. It really shouldn’t be this difficult to find a decent keyboard AND mouse.<\/p>\n

If anyone has a recommendation, I’m all ears. I just want a plain black wireless keyboard and mouse. I don’t need fancy short-keys (they are nice, but not necessary). I don’t need my keys rearranged to what the manufacturer THINKS I will like. I just want the standard shit. How come when I bought corded models I never had these design problems? It’s retarded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Is it too much to ask for a wireless keyboard and mouse that works properly? I mean really, it’s not like they are $20. I paid $50 for this Microsoft desktop set this afternoon and the mouse is already acting up. The mouse pointer moves to the top of the screen on its own and I just got a notice claiming the battery level in the mouse isn’t good. Huh? I just installed batteries, and unless this unit has been sitting on the shelves for years, the batteries in the box should be fine. When I check the battery status in the software, it says the battery level is good too. I don’t get it. I just can’t win, I tell you. In addition to the battery thing, the scroll wheel doesn’t perform smoothly like the Logitech did, and the keyboard is a little freaky the way the delete key Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nicole.sleepyfroggie.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}