excessive mouse clicking

ScottW

ScottW

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Okay! I have a co-worker that clicks his mouse excessively. While he is areading a news article online he rapidly and repeatedly highlights and unhighlights the paragraph he is reading. In addition to this, he will do it for instant messages, just about everything he works on. He is insane! We are talking 100's of clicks per minute coming from this guy.

Someone said, "Whats with the double clicking?" and he responds, "Oh, I know, its a bad habbit. I need to quit." But never does.

Any ideas or solutions? Drugs? Mental case?
 
I have a Logitech mouse with virtually silent buttons. How about making a gift of a quieter mouse? I know, this doesn't solve his problem, but less noticeable to those around?
 
Yea, I was looking for a silent mouse, but google didn't really solve that. Which exact model? I think we'd all go in to getting the guy a quiet mouse clicker!
 
I have a Logitech MX310, but others are quieter, also. Go to Bestbuy, or someplace that has quite a few on display, and try for yourself. Dead silent is your goal, but I don't think there will be one that has no noise at all.
Maybe a nice, fluffy mouse pad would help? :)
 
I can kinda feel your pain. The guy in the cube next to me clicks his mouse with the same level of force every time. And it's AS HARD AS HE CAN CLICK IT! it's so loud. not constant, thankfully, but still.

my solution is some decent earphones and iTunes really loud...

good luck
 
Trackball, such as the Logitech Optical Trackman. Great features, handy, wireless, doesn't suck batteries, good for Macs or Windoze and the scroll functions are a dream. Quiet too.
 
These all sound like very expensive solutions. In such cases, the judicious application of a baseball (or cricket) bat to the back of the head often works wonders! :D
 
You could always modify the mouse so he gets a shock on every click...that would curtail the habit quickly. <G>
 
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