Damnation!

[shep]

I bought this really nice computer desk today on sale at a furniture outlet: a slab of black glass on a black steel rod type tressel. Got it all assembled, in place, loaded up with my nice silver computer ware and wouldn't you know, the f..ing cordless optical mouse doesn't work! I have to use a piece of paper or find an old mouse pad. What a bummer, spoiles the whole effect and I loved having a mouse that worked perfectly everywhere before without any constraint. I just didn't think that an optical mouse needs an opaque surface to work.

[miklorsmith]

I never would have thought of that.  Could you tape a black piece of paper under the glass?  Then it wouldn't lose the cool glass effect.

[shep]

further damnation. No that doesn't work either. The optical sensor needs a "bounce to tell it what to do. I guess the beam just gets scattered in the glass and there's no feedback. Oh well, I'll look for some sexy black sheet of something.

[bpape]

Try it on your leg - seriously.  It's terribly comfortable and most will read the weave in your pants.

Now, if you're naked... well let's not go there  

Bryan

[Dougie085]

Tape a black piece of construction paper or something tag board to the desk...not perfect but better then nothing. Or find a sleek cool looking mouse pad.