Lazeez, if you haven't noticed, sometimes there are double posts. The reason is caused by the "Post" button being hit and not always showing that it's finished. So people hit it again.
Lazeez, if you haven't noticed, sometimes there are double posts. The reason is caused by the "Post" button being hit and not always showing that it's finished. So people hit it again.
It's also caused but a single mouse click actually being a double click (due to equipment degradation) and being interpreted as two single clicks.
The quick fix (to both) would be to add a bit of code to the front of the onclick method (before the posting is attempted) to grey out the button and disable the onclick, with the caveat that in the event of a post failure (bad comms), the button and onclick are restored lest the user looses their carefully crafted post.
a single mouse click actually being a double click (due to equipment degradation)
When I get that too often, I take it as a sign that my mouse needs replacing.
However, one of the gurus at my local monthly repair cafe said it's quick and easy to fix. I've not had the chance to take a double-clicking mouse along recently, but I'd be interested to know if anyone here knows how to do it.
AJ
anyone here knows how to do it.
What I've done in the past:
Disassemble the mouse to get to the PCB, noting where everything comes from and the orientations (especially the prism in optical mice)
Examine the failing microswitch(es) to see if they may be further disassembled
- if no, you'll need to replace with new; identify suitable replacement from Mouser/CPC etc, based on dimensions and pin positions and types. You might get lucky and find one on eBay, but the descriptions often don't have enough detail to be sure of a fit, OTOH they tend to be standard sizes and pinouts; on the gripping hand, for the cost of a new cheap mouse is hardly different than the cost of the part, and choosing the wrong part is sunk cost. Or, if you've got a few partially-bad mice, optionally swap out the duff switch for a good one salvaged from another failing mouse.
Replacing the switch entails using a soldering iron
- if yes, else continue with this procedure.
Carefully disassemble the faulty microswitch by prying out the tabs that fit over lugs on the main body and slide the top off (these tabs are weak and easily broken, in which case you'll have to go the replacement route or continue with this procedure and fix the top down as described below). Take even more care to note positions and orientations as getting it wrong on reassembly will likely silently damage it beyond repair. Switch disassembly and rework is easier if it's been removed from the PCB first.
Inside the switch is a small springy part which has a contact on one end of a cantilever; the spring action is similar to the small hair clips that can be popped open and shut. Failure is generally from the spring relaxing; you'll have to work out which way to bend things to restore the action, generally it's bend it a bit more in the direction it's already bent.
Reassemble the switch and test it with a multimeter, then probably disassemble and try again. With broken clips, just hold it together at this stage as you'll probably have to go back in three or four times to get it right, when OK fix with a dab of glue across the join, and/or melt a small divot across the join with the soldering iron to replace broken clips. Ensure the glue spot/divot will not interfere with reassembly. Don't use superglue as that will probably get into the switch mechanism and wreck things, or the fumes will damage the polished surfaces of the optical prism; instead, use a clear office-type glue; you'll have to hold the switch closed while the glue sets (give it a day at least).
Now reassemble the mouse, with appropriate curses because you can't remember the bits where you though 'I'll easily remember that' or the photo you took doesn't quite show what you need to know.
Another source of mouse failure including freezes, missed and multiple clicks, and the weird 'the pointer will only go halfway up the screen' or similar, is due to the cable cores fracturing where it emerges from the mouse. It's possible to do a disassemble/trim/reconnect/reassemble process, but generally, like for duffy switches, I find it easier to get a new one and shit-can the old (or rather, dispose of it as e-waste, or save it for parts).
That's very good writing indeed.
You could have told me I'm too stupid to do it myself. Instead you showed me!
Thanks
AJ
a single mouse click actually being a double click (due to equipment degradation)
When this happens to me, the degraded equipment is usually my brain, not the mouse.
Disassembling and cleaning might help, but I had a dirty mind long before it became noticeably degraded.
I implemented a server-side solution. It should mitigate this issue.
Thanks.
A couple of times today, after hitting "Post", I got "connecting to server" with the moving horizontal dots telling me it was waiting. I hit "Post" again and it worked. The next time it happened, I had to hit "Post" twice for it to take.
However, unlike the previous problem, there was only a single post (no duplicates).
I had it happen to me once, I noticed that shortly afterwards and deleted one of the posts.
I noticed that shortly afterwards and deleted one of the posts.
That's what I was doing at first. Then, after getting tired of doing the delete when I ended up with 2 of them, I didn't hit "Post" a second time. Instead, when I didn't get a response, I selected what I typed and copied it to use if my post didn't show up. It always did.
I knew Lazeez could fix it.