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These worked on glass. Almost nothing today works on a glass table but these did
This comment made me curious so I tested the two mice I use regularly.
My Logitech G502 tracks very poorly on glass and is basically unusable.
My MX Anywhere 2S lives up to its name and seems to track perfectly fine.
I use a thumb-trackball (and have since the 90s). They work on glass. Hell, they work on my lap or beside me if I'm in bed. And no space needed to move around.
Every week or two I pop the ball out and give it a quick wipe with a lenscloth.
I used these religiously until the carpal tunnel from phone scrolling set in
Are you an adult by night?
Preach the good word, partner
I love my thumb-trackball. Doesn't matter where I use it, it will always work.
I use a mouse pad, it works pretty well.
I have a “magic trackpad” from apple on a side table to use when I'm watching or reading something and recline too much to reach the mouse.
It's nice (and with some free driver I found can do multi touch on windows), but for some reason it had a battery (despite having a fixed usb cable) which pillowed up making it unusable until I literally ripped it off (damn thing had more glue than battery).
Obviously works fine without the battery, which I assume is just an attempt at extremely inefficient planned obsolescence, but I wouldn't recommend it, too much of a fire hazard if you don't notice the trap.
At least you know wired mice won't blow your hand up, and I value that more than the convenience.