• kernelle@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Is it just me or does the middle click wear out more quickly than the others? Always figured they use a worse switch because they think people use them less. My last two failed the same way.

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      5 months ago

      Does the entire scroll wheel go, or just the button functionality? The never happened to me with any of my mice.

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        5 months ago

        I also use middle click a lot and it was only the button functionality. It didn’t fully break but became very inconsistent. (Sometimes doesn’t click, sometimes clicks twice in a row). Now I have to use ctrl click. Sucks for programs where middle click drag moves the view around.

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      5 months ago

      Most common mouse problem I have is that grime gets in the wheel and it acts up or seizes up. (Cleaning wheels is also a huge headache with newer mice.) Buttons rarely quit working. …except on some of my Logitech mouses, sometimes the buttons just started going funky or died. My Microsoft wireless travel mouse has kept working for years. I have an Microsoft Intellimouse Optical from early 2000s that I still use with Raspberry Pi, no problems.

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      5 months ago

      Was it a Logitech mouse by any chance? The middle click has a tendency to wear out more Logitech mice than any other brand for me.

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        5 months ago

        Spot on, G402 was the longest runner, but had issues on right and middle click. Steelseries rival didn’t last long at all.

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        5 months ago

        I have a cheap logitech mouse with a non working middle click, too

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      5 months ago

      I have had a Logitech G600 and a Corsair Scimitar that have both had issues in the past. The G600 had the switch outright die and the scimitar developed inconsistent scrolling (also super stiff and hard to middle click anyway).

      I do a lot of web browsing and RuneScape, which uses the middle mouse button to move the mouse and I tend to rebind the DPI buttons under the wheel to the middle mouse button to compensate.