Is there a way to reduce the effective surface area of a magic mouse?

The concept of the Magic Mouse is brilliant. I hated the scroll wheel. Loved when Apple had the scroll ball. But then that got annoying (all those track ball issues from days gone by are just as present with the scroll ball).

I thought the capacitive surface was the solution. Now it has only created its own version of the problems. I don't know if it is the software, bluetooth, the hardware, or increased sun spots. But it works brilliantly when I don't want it to (finger just hovering above the surface or just accidentally brush the edge with my finger) and doesn't when I need it to (surface area too large and the initial hesitation before it starts scrolling, which makes the screen jump to catch up).

What I hate most is when I am scrolling a window that has a embedded window that also scrolls (most often on web pages). The whole page stops scrolling. It's like a magnet to my curser (in that Murphy's law way). No matter where I put my curser when I scroll a window, it will almost always be where that embedded window is inline and stop my primary window from scrolling.

Has anyone gotten this right? Apple has done the best that I've found, but there is still much that needs improving.

Joe

Thanks for the suggestion. I do a lot of CAD, so a track pad doesn't work so well for that, at least not for me and my old dog ways. I do have a track pad hooked up to our "TV" Mini. I may swap it out to see if I can improve my skills.

Joe

No worries.

I'd like to keep it toward the front third of the mouse, myself. And maybe not quite as wide.

And yet, here I am!

Ah, well.

Joe