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J&W Mouse Mat! Plus 2011 Calender printed ontop.  
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J&W Mouse Mat! Plus 2011 Calender printed ontop.,

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Weight: 1.00kg

 

OMG ITS A JW MOUSE MAT! PLUS IT HAS A CALENDER ON IT!

History of the Mouse Mat!

During a 1968 presentation by Douglas Engelbart marking the public debut of a mouse, Engelbart used a control console designed by Jack Kelley of Herman Miller that included a keyboard and an inset portion used as a support area for the mouse. According to Kelley and also stated by Alex Pang, Kelley designed the first mouse Mat a year later, in 1969.

Details of a mouse Mat designed by Armando M. Fernandez were published in the Xerox Disclosure Journal in 1979 with the description:

CRT CURSER CONTROL MECHANISM MAT

To assist the operation of a cathode ray tube pointer 10 wherein a metal ball is rolled on a hard surface, the disclosed Mat may be utilized. A resilient, rubber-like material 12 is bonded or otherwise attached to a hard base material 14 which keeps the rubber-like material flat. The base has four rubber-like mats 16 on the opposite side from the resilient material to refrain the mat from sliding on the surface of a table, for instance.

-Xerox Disclosure Journal, Volume 4, Number 6, November/December 1979

By 1982, most users of the Xerox ball mouse were using "special Mats" to increase the friction of the ball.

The Oxford English Dictionary tracks the term mouse Mat to the 25 August 1983, publication of InfoWorld, and the predominantly British term mouse mat to 17 October 1989, in the publication 3D.

Benefits!

The three most important benefits of the introduction of the mouse mat were higher speed, more precision, and comfort for the user. A secondary benefit was keeping the desk or table surface from being scratched and worn by continuous hand and mouse rubbing motion. Another benefit was reduction of the collection of debris under the mouse, which resulted in reduced jitter of the pointer on the display.

When optical mice, which use image sensors to detect movement, were first introduced into the market, they required special mouse mats with optical patterns printed on them. Modern optical mice can function to an acceptable degree of accuracy on plain paper and other surfaces. However, some optical mouse users may prefer a mouse mats for comfort, speed and accuracy, and to prevent wear to the desk or table surface.

 

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