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Why do mice need to make the "click"? (programming.dev)
submitted 2 weeks ago by onlinepersona@programming.dev to c/hardware@programming.dev
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Isn't a "click" just physically making two connectors touch so that a circuit is made to send the signal of an action? There doesn't have to be any noise associated does there?

For example, if we used 2 springs, one to hold up the button and another to make the contact with the circuit, the click would be silent. Or maybe something already exists that I can swap out into my mouse?

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[–] ulterno@programming.dev 1 points 2 weeks ago

Specifically for the extra buttons on the sides, I would prefer having gamepad-like switches, since the normal clicky ones don't seem to do well over there.

While an audible click is not really necessary for switches, I consider it important to at least be able to feel it on my finger. Hence the word "tactile".