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{{tooshort}}A '''mousepad''' (sometimes '''mouse pad''', '''mousemat''', or '''mouse mat'''), is a surface for enhancing the [[usability]] of a [[computer mouse]].
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'''Paulicians''' ({{lang-hy|Պավլիկյաններ}}) were a [[Gnostic]] and [[Manichaean]] [[Christianity|Christian]] group which flourished between 650 and 872 in [[Anatolia]], [[Armenia]] and the Eastern Themes of the [[Byzantine Empire]]. According to medieval [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] sources, the group's name was derived after the third century [[Bishop of Antioch]], [[Paul of Samosata]].<ref name="SAE">{{hy icon}} Melk-Bakhshyan, Stepan. ''«Պավլիկյան շարժում»'' (The Paulician movement). [[Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia]]. vol. ix. Yerevan, Armenian SSR: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1983, pp. 140-141.</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last =Nersessian
| first =Vrej
| title =The Tondrakian Movement: Religious Movements in the Armenian Church from the 4th to the 10th Centuries
| publisher = RoutledgeCurzon
| date = 1998
| location = London
| pages =pp. 14-15
| isbn =0-9007-0792-5}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
[[Image:Mouse tray.png|right|thumb|Mousetray screenshot from Engelbart's video]]
The founder of the sect is said to have been an [[Armenians|Armenian]] by the name of [[Constantine-Silvanus|Constantine]],<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/134003/Constantine-Silvanus Constantine-Silvanus]." [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Accessed [[September 2]], [[2008]].</ref> who hailed from [[Mananalis]], a community near [[Samosata]]. He studied the [[Gospel]]s and [[Epistle]]s, combined dualistic and Christian doctrines, and, upon the basis of the former, vigorously opposed the formalism of the church.
During a [[1968]] presentation by [[Douglas Engelbart]] marking the public debut of a mouse,<ref name=demo>{{cite web
| url = http://sloan.stanford.edu/mousesite/1968Demo.html
| title = The Demo (article on Engelbart's demo)
|accessdate=2007-02-26}}, final video</ref>
Engelbart used a control console designed by Jack Kelley of [[Herman Miller]] that included a keyboard and an inset portion used as a support area for the mouse.<ref name=demo/><ref>{{cite web
| url = http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8734787622017763097
| title = Doug Engelbart: The Demo (movie)
| accessdate=2007-02-26}}, time: 1:12:35</ref>


According to Kelley<ref>{{cite web
Regarding himself as called to restore the pure Christianity of [[Paul of Tarsus|Paul]], he adopted the name Silvanus (one of Paul’s disciples) and about the year 660 founded his first congregation at [[Kibossa]] in [[Armenia]]. Twenty-seven years afterwards he was [[stoned to death]] by order of the emperor.{{Fact|date=October 2008}} Simeon, the court official who executed the order, was himself converted and, adopting the name Titus, became Constantine’s successor, but was burned to death (the punishment pronounced upon the [[Manichaeans]]) in 690.{{Fact|date=October 2008}}
| url = http://www.hermanmiller.com/CDA/SSA/Designer/0,,a10-c80-b14,00.html
| title = Jack Kelley (Herman Miller page)
|accessdate=2007-02-26}}</ref>
and also stated by Alex Pang,<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://www.americanheritage.com/articles/magazine/it/2002/3/2002_3_48.shtml
| title = The Making of the Mouse
| author = Alex Soojung-Kin Pang
|accessdate=2007-02-26}}</ref> Kelley designed the first mousepad a year later, in [[1969]].


Details of a mousepad designed by Armando M. Fernandez were published in the Xerox Disclosure Journal in [[1979]] with the description:<ref>{{cite web
The adherents of the sect fled, with the Armenian Paul at their head, to [[Episparis]]. He died in 715, leaving two sons, [[Gegnaesius]] (whom he had appointed his successor) and Theodore. The latter, giving out that he had received the [[Holy Ghost]], rose up against Gegnaesius, but was unsuccessful. Gegnaesius was taken to Constantinople, appeared before [[Leo the Isaurian]], was declared innocent of heresy, returned to [[Episparis]], but, fearing danger, went with his adherents to Mananalis. His death (in 745) was the occasion of a division in the sect; Zacharias and Joseph being the leaders of the two parties. The latter had the larger following and was succeeded by Baanies, 775. The sect grew in spite of persecution, receiving additions from the opponents of image-worship.{{Fact|date=October 2008}} The Paulicians were now divided into the Baanites (the old party), or Sergites (the reformed sect). Sergius as the reformed leader was a zealous and effective converter for his sect; he boasted that he had spread his Gospel "from East to West. from North to South" <ref>Petrus Siculus, "Historia Manichaeorum", op. cit., 45</ref>. The Sergites meanwhile fought against their rivals and nearly exterminated them.<ref>Petrus Siculus, "Historia Manichaeorum", op. cit., 45</ref>.
| url = http://www.priorartdatabase.com/IPCOM/000024222/
|title = CRT Curser Control Mechanism Pad
| work = Xerox Disclosure Journal
| date = Nov/Dec 1979
| accessdate=2007-02-26}}</ref>
{{Quote|CRT CURSER CONTROL MECHANISM PAD<br />
To assist the operation of a cathode ray tube pointer 10 wherein a metal ball is rolled on a hard surface, the disclosed pad may be utilized. A resilient, rubber-like material 12 is bonded or otherwise attached to a hard base material 14 which keeps the rubber-like material flat. The base has four rubber-like pads 16 on the opposite side from the resilient material to refrain the pad from sliding on the surface of a table, for instance.|Xerox Disclosure Journal, Volume 4, Number 6, November/December 1979}}


By 1982, most users of the Xerox ball mouse were using "special pads" to increase the friction of the ball.<ref>{{cite journal | journal = VLSI Design | title = Designing and Testing the Optical Mouse | author = Richard F. Lyon and Martin P. Haeberli | year = 1982 | issue = Jan./Feb. | pages = 21 | url = http://www.dicklyon.com/tech/OMouse/DesigningTestingOMouse.pdf}}</ref>
[[Baanes]] being supplanted by [[Sergius]], 801, who was very active for thirty-four years. His activity was the occasion of renewed persecutions on the part of [[Leo the Armenian]]. Obliged to flee, Sergius and his followers settled at [[Argaum]], in that part of Armenia which was under the control of the [[Saracens]]. At the death of Sergius, the control of the sect was divided between several leaders. The empress, [[Theodora]] as regent to her son Micheal III, instituted a new persecution, in which a hundred thousand Paulicians in Grecian Armenia are said to have lost their lives.{{Fact|date=October 2008}} Paulicians under their new leader [[Karbeas]], who fled with the residue of the sect, two cities, [[Amara]] and [[Tephrike]] (modern [[Divrigi]]), were built. In 856 he and his people took refuge with the Arabs in the territory around [[Divriği|Tephrike]] and joined forces with [[Amr ibn Ubayd Allah]], emir of [[Melitene]] (who reigned 835-863).<ref>''Digenis Akritas: The Two-Blooded Border Lord.'' Trans. Denison B. Hull. Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1972</ref> Karbeas was killed in 863 in [[Michael III]]'s campaign against the Paulicians, and was possibly with Amr at Malakopia at the time.


The ''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'' tracks the term ''mouse pad'' to the 25 August, 1983, publication of ''InfoWorld'', and the predominantly British term ''mousemat'' to 17 October, 1989, in the publication ''3D''.<ref>Oxford English Dictionary Online, "mouse", compounds 20. d.</ref>
His successor, [[Chrysocheres]], devastated many cities; in 867 advanced as far as Ephesus, and took many priests prisoners.{{Fact|date=October 2008}} In 868 the Emperor [[Basil I]] dispatched [[Petrus Siculus]] to arrange for their exchange. His sojourn of nine months among the Paulicians gave him an opportunity to collect many facts, which he preserved in his ''History of the empty and vain heresy of the Manichæans, otherwise called Paulicians''. The propositions of peace were not accepted, the war was renewed, and Chrysocheres killed. The power of the Paulicians was broken. Meanwhile other Paulicians, sectarians, but not rebels, lived in communities throughout the empire. Constantine V had already transferred large numbers of them to [[Thrace]].<ref>New Advent article on the Paulicians[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11583b.htm]</ref>


==Benefits==
In 970 the emperor, [[John Tzimisces]], transferred some of them to [[Philippopolis]] in [[Thrace]], and, as a reward for their promise to keep back the [[Scythians]], granted them religious freedom. This was the beginning of a revival of the sect; but it was true to the empire. Several thousand went in the army of [[Alexius Comnenus]] against the Norman, [[Robert Guiscard]]; but, deserting the emperor, many of them (1085) were thrown into prison. Efforts were again put forth for their conversion; and for the converts the new city of [[Alexiopolis]] was built, opposite [[Philippopolis]]. When the [[Crusaders]] took Constantinople (1204), they found some Paulicians, whom the historian [[Gottfried of Villehardouin]] calls [[Popelicans]]. The emperor [[Alexius Comnenus]] is credited with having put an end to the heresy. During a stay at Philippopolis, Alexius argued with the sect bringing most if not all, back to the Church (so his daughter: "Alexias", XV, 9). The Paulicians after this episode practically disappear from history.<ref>New Advent article on the Paulicians[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11583b.htm]</ref>


The three most important benefits of the introduction of the mousepad were higher speed, more precision, and comfort for the user. A secondary benefit was keeping the desk or table surface from being scratched and worn by continuous hand and mouse rubbing motion. Another benefit was reduction of the collection of debris under the mouse, which resulted in reduced jitter of the pointer on the display.
In the 18th century, the Paulician people from around [[Nicopolis]] were persecuted by the Turks, presumably on religious grounds, and a good part of them fled across the Danube and settled in the [[Banat]] region that was part of the Austrian Empire at the time, and became known as Banat Bulgarians. There are still over ten thousand Banat Bulgarians in Banat today in the villages of [[Dudestii Vechi]], [[Vinga]], [[Brestea]] and also in the city of [[Timişoara]], with a few in Arad; however, they no longer practice their religion, having converted to [[Roman Catholicism]]. There are also a few villages of Paulicians in the Serbian part of Banat, especially the villages of [[Ivanovo]] and [[Belo Blato]], near [[Pančevo]].


When [[optical mouse|optical mice]], which use [[image sensor]]s to detect movement, were first introduced into the market, they required special mousepads with optical patterns printed on them. Modern optical mice can function to an acceptable degree of accuracy on plain paper and other surfaces. However, some optical mouse users may prefer a mousepad for comfort, speed and accuracy, and to prevent wear to the desk or table surface.
In Russia after the war of 1828-29 Paulician communities could still be found in the part of Armenia occupied by the Russians. Documents of their professions of faith and disputations with the Gregorian bishop about 1837 (Key of Truth, xxiii-xxviii) were later published by [[Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare]]. It is with Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare publications of the Paulicians disputations and "The Key of Truth" that Conybeare based his depiction of the Paulicians as simple, godly folk who had kept an earlier (sc. [[Adoptionism|Adoptionistic]]) form of Christianity (ibid., introduction).<ref>New Advent article on the Paulicians[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11583b.htm]</ref>


==Doctrines==
==Types==
[[Image:Mouse Pad.JPG|right|thumb|mouse pad]]
Little is known of the tenets of the Paulicians, as we are confined for information to the reports of opponents and a few fragments of Sergius' letters which they have preserved. Their system was [[dualistic cosmology|dualistic]],<ref>{{cite book
| last =Treadgold
| first =Warren
| title =A History of the Byzantine State and Society
| publisher = University of Stanford Press
| date = 1997
| location = Stanford
| pages =p. 448
| isbn =0-8047-2630-2}}</ref> although some have argued that it was actually [[adoptionist]] in nature.<ref>{{cite book
| last =Garsoian
| first =Nina
| title =The Paulician Heresy: A Study of the Origin and Development of Paulicianism in Armenia and the Eastern Provinces of the Byzantine Empire
| publisher = Mouton
| date = 1967
| location = The Hague
| pages =
| isbn =}}</ref><ref>{{cite book
| last =Fine
| first =John Van Antwerp
| title =The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century
| publisher = University of Michigan Press
| date = 1991
| location = Michigan
| pages =p. 173
| isbn =0-4720-8149-7}}</ref>


A variety of mousepads exist with many different textured surfaces to fit various different types of mouse technologies. Vinyl board cover, because of its tackiness, was a popular mousepad surface around 1980. {{fact|date=September 2007}}
In it there are two principles, two kingdoms. The Evil Spirit is the [[demiurge|author of]], and lord of, the present visible world; the Good Spirit, of the future world.<ref name="SAE"/> Of their views about the creation of man, little is known but what is contained in the ambiguous words of Sergius. This passage seems to teach that Adam's sin of disobedience was a blessing in disguise, and that a greater sin than his is the sin against the Church.


After the rubberized silicon surface was incorporated onto the surface of the steel roller ball mouse, the popular fabric-surface mousepad was found to be the most appropriate. It helped keep the rubberized roller-ball surface cleaner and with better tracking, speed and accuracy than just a desk surface, which collected dirt and slowed the mouse's motion.
The Paulicians accepted the four Gospels; fourteen [[Pauline epistles|Epistles of Paul]]; the three Epistles of John; the epistles of [[Epistle of James|James]] and [[Epistle of Jude|Jude]]; and an [[Epistle to the Laodiceans]], which they professed to have. They rejected the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament, as well as the Marian title ''Theotokos'' ("Mother of God"), and refused all veneration of Mary.<ref name="SAE"/> Christ came down from heaven to emancipate men from the body and from the world, which are evil. The reverence for the Cross they looked upon as heathenish. The outward administration of the sacraments of the [[Lord's Supper]] and [[baptism]] they rejected. Their places of worship they called "places of prayer." Although they were ascetics, they made no distinction in foods, and practiced marriage.


Optical mice have the problem of not working well on transparent or reflective surfaces (such as glass or highly polished wood). These surfaces, which often include desk and table surfaces, cause jitter and loss of tracking on the display pointer as the mouse moves over these reflective spots. The use of mousepads with precision surfaces eliminates spot jitter effects of modern optical mice.
The Paulicians were not a branch of the [[Manichæans]],{{Fact|date=September 2008}} as [[Photios I of Constantinople|Photius]], [[Petrus Siculus]], and many modern authors have held. Both sects were dualistic, but the Paulicians ascribed the creation of the world to the evil God and held the Scriptures in higher honor, unlike the Manichæans. They even condemned [[Mani (prophet)|Manes]], the Manichæan prophet, comparing him to Buddha.{{Fact|date=October 2008}} [[Johann Karl Ludwig Gieseler|Gieseler]] and [[August Neander|Neander]], with more probability, derive the sect from the Gnostic [[Marcionism|Marcionites]]. [[Ludovico Antonio Muratori|Muratori]], [[Johann Lorenz von Mosheim|Mosheim]], Gibbon and others regard the Paulicians as the forerunners of the [[Catharism|Cathars]], but the differences between them in organization, ascetic practices, etc., undermine this opinion.{{Fact|date=September 2008}}


== See also ==
==Designs==
* [[Albigensians]]
* [[Bogomilism]]
*[[Tondrakians]]


[[Image:MousePadWithSiliconeGel.JPG|180 px|right|thumb|Mousepad with built-in wrist rests made of silicone gel]]
==References==
Originally, mousepads were available in a simple rectangular shape. In recent years, though, they have been available in many shapes and designs. [[Ergonomic]] designs are available with built-in wrist rests made of [[silicone]] [[gel]], foamed and beaded materials.
{{reflist|2}}


Companies often give away mousepads for [[promotion (marketing)|promotional]] reasons, and computer manufacturers often include a mousepad with their [[logo]] on it, usually with technical support information. Many artists have published work on mousepads.
== Additional reading ==
* Herzog, "Paulicians," Philip Schaff, ed., A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology, 3rd edn, Vol. 2. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1894. pp.1776-1777
* [[Nicholas Adontz|Nikoghayos Adontz]]: ''Samuel l'Armenien'', Roi des Bulgares. Bruxelles, Palais des academies, 1938, Pp. 63.
* R. M. Bartikian: ''Quellen zum Studium der Geschichte der paulikianischen Bewegung'', [[Eriwan]] 1961 (in Armenian)
* ''The Key of Truth, A Manual of the Paulician Church of Armenia'', edited and translated by Fred C. Conybeare, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1898.
* S. B. Dadoyan: ''The Fatimid Armenians: Cultural and Political Interaction in the Near East'', Islamic History and Civilization, Studies and Texts 18. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 1997, Pp. 214.
* Nina G. Garsoian: ''The Paulician Heresy. A Study in the Origin and Development of Paulicianism in Armenia and the Eastern Provinces of the Byzantine Empire''. Publications in Near and Middle East Studies. Columbia University, Series A 6. The Hague: Mouton, 1967, 296 pp.
* Nina G. Garsoian: ''Armenia between Byzantium and the Sasanians'', London: Variorum Reprints, 1985, Pp. 340.
* Herzog: "Paulicians". In Philip Schaff (ed.): ''A Religious Encyclopaedia or Dictionary of Biblical, Historical, Doctrinal, and Practical Theology'', 3rd edn, Vol. 2. Toronto, New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1894. pp. 1776-1777.
* Vahan M. Kurkjian: ''A History of Armenia'' (Chapter 37, The Paulikians and the Tondrakians), New York, 1959, 526 pp.
* A. Lombard: ''Pauliciens, Bulgares et Bons-hommes'', Geneva 1879
* Vrej Nersessian: ''The Tondrakian Movement'', Princeton Theological Monograph Series, Pickwick Publications, Allison Park, Pennsylvania, 1948, Pp. 145.
* Edouard Selian: ''Le dialect Paulicien'', In: The Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Armenian Linguistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, 1995. Publisher: Caravan books, Delmar, New York, 1996, 408 pp.


There is now a fairly large variety of high quality "[[Video game|gaming]] grade" mousepads. In the beginning there were only a few such manufacturers: Everglide, fUnc Industries, Icemat, [[SteelSeries]] and Ratpadz (made by [[HardOCP|[H]ard|OCP]]). In 2005, several more companies followed suit, including [[Razer USA Ltd|Razer]], Qpad, Corepad, Xtracpads, X-Ray, Gamerzstuff, Ideazon, and Allsop. These pads are available in a wide variety of sizes to suit the different sensitivity settings that gamers choose. The Corepad Deskpad XXXL, one of the largest pads on the market, measures 90cm x 45cm.<ref name="corepad">[http://www.gruntville.com/reviews/mousepads/corepad_roundup/index.php Corepad Victory & Deskpad XXXL] product review</ref>
==External links==

*[http://www.medievalchurch.org.uk/h_paul.php Paulicianism article at Medieval Church.org.uk]
==Materials==
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11583b.htm Paulicianism article at The Catholic Encyclopedia, Newadvent.org]
Modern mousepads are typically made of lesser density rubber composites (open cell styrene, butadiene rubber or open cell SBR) with fabric bonded to the upper surface. However, many other types of material have been used, including [[fabric]], [[plastics]], [[recycling|recycled]] [[rubber]] [[tire]]s, [[silicone rubber]], [[leather]], [[glass]], [[Cork (material)|cork]], [[wood]], [[aluminum]], [[Rock (geology)|stone]] and [[stainless steel]]. High-quality gaming mats are usually made from plastic or high-tech fibers.
*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Paulicians Paulicianism article at 1911encyclopedia.org]

==References==
{{Wiktionarypar|mousepad|mousemat}}
{{Commons|Mousepad}}

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Revision as of 14:47, 10 October 2008

A mousepad (sometimes mouse pad, mousemat, or mouse mat), is a surface for enhancing the usability of a computer mouse.

History

Mousetray screenshot from Engelbart's video

During a 1968 presentation by Douglas Engelbart marking the public debut of a mouse,[1] Engelbart used a control console designed by Jack Kelley of Herman Miller that included a keyboard and an inset portion used as a support area for the mouse.[1][2]

According to Kelley[3] and also stated by Alex Pang,[4] Kelley designed the first mousepad a year later, in 1969.

Details of a mousepad designed by Armando M. Fernandez were published in the Xerox Disclosure Journal in 1979 with the description:[5]

CRT CURSER CONTROL MECHANISM PAD
To assist the operation of a cathode ray tube pointer 10 wherein a metal ball is rolled on a hard surface, the disclosed pad may be utilized. A resilient, rubber-like material 12 is bonded or otherwise attached to a hard base material 14 which keeps the rubber-like material flat. The base has four rubber-like pads 16 on the opposite side from the resilient material to refrain the pad from sliding on the surface of a table, for instance.

— Xerox Disclosure Journal, Volume 4, Number 6, November/December 1979

By 1982, most users of the Xerox ball mouse were using "special pads" to increase the friction of the ball.[6]

The Oxford English Dictionary tracks the term mouse pad to the 25 August, 1983, publication of InfoWorld, and the predominantly British term mousemat to 17 October, 1989, in the publication 3D.[7]

Benefits

The three most important benefits of the introduction of the mousepad were higher speed, more precision, and comfort for the user. A secondary benefit was keeping the desk or table surface from being scratched and worn by continuous hand and mouse rubbing motion. Another benefit was reduction of the collection of debris under the mouse, which resulted in reduced jitter of the pointer on the display.

When optical mice, which use image sensors to detect movement, were first introduced into the market, they required special mousepads with optical patterns printed on them. Modern optical mice can function to an acceptable degree of accuracy on plain paper and other surfaces. However, some optical mouse users may prefer a mousepad for comfort, speed and accuracy, and to prevent wear to the desk or table surface.

Types

File:Mouse Pad.JPG
mouse pad

A variety of mousepads exist with many different textured surfaces to fit various different types of mouse technologies. Vinyl board cover, because of its tackiness, was a popular mousepad surface around 1980. [citation needed]

After the rubberized silicon surface was incorporated onto the surface of the steel roller ball mouse, the popular fabric-surface mousepad was found to be the most appropriate. It helped keep the rubberized roller-ball surface cleaner and with better tracking, speed and accuracy than just a desk surface, which collected dirt and slowed the mouse's motion.

Optical mice have the problem of not working well on transparent or reflective surfaces (such as glass or highly polished wood). These surfaces, which often include desk and table surfaces, cause jitter and loss of tracking on the display pointer as the mouse moves over these reflective spots. The use of mousepads with precision surfaces eliminates spot jitter effects of modern optical mice.

Designs

Mousepad with built-in wrist rests made of silicone gel

Originally, mousepads were available in a simple rectangular shape. In recent years, though, they have been available in many shapes and designs. Ergonomic designs are available with built-in wrist rests made of silicone gel, foamed and beaded materials.

Companies often give away mousepads for promotional reasons, and computer manufacturers often include a mousepad with their logo on it, usually with technical support information. Many artists have published work on mousepads.

There is now a fairly large variety of high quality "gaming grade" mousepads. In the beginning there were only a few such manufacturers: Everglide, fUnc Industries, Icemat, SteelSeries and Ratpadz (made by [H]ard|OCP). In 2005, several more companies followed suit, including Razer, Qpad, Corepad, Xtracpads, X-Ray, Gamerzstuff, Ideazon, and Allsop. These pads are available in a wide variety of sizes to suit the different sensitivity settings that gamers choose. The Corepad Deskpad XXXL, one of the largest pads on the market, measures 90cm x 45cm.[8]

Materials

Modern mousepads are typically made of lesser density rubber composites (open cell styrene, butadiene rubber or open cell SBR) with fabric bonded to the upper surface. However, many other types of material have been used, including fabric, plastics, recycled rubber tires, silicone rubber, leather, glass, cork, wood, aluminum, stone and stainless steel. High-quality gaming mats are usually made from plastic or high-tech fibers.

References

Look up mousepad or mousemat in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mousepad.
  1. ^ a b "The Demo (article on Engelbart's demo)". Retrieved 2007-02-26., final video
  2. ^ "Doug Engelbart: The Demo (movie)". Retrieved 2007-02-26., time: 1:12:35
  3. ^ "Jack Kelley (Herman Miller page)". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  4. ^ Alex Soojung-Kin Pang. "The Making of the Mouse". Retrieved 2007-02-26.
  5. ^ "CRT Curser Control Mechanism Pad". Xerox Disclosure Journal. Nov/Dec 1979. Retrieved 2007-02-26. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ Richard F. Lyon and Martin P. Haeberli (1982). "Designing and Testing the Optical Mouse" (PDF). VLSI Design (Jan./Feb.): 21.
  7. ^ Oxford English Dictionary Online, "mouse", compounds 20. d.
  8. ^ Corepad Victory & Deskpad XXXL product review
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