Allegedly, on or about 26 October 2016, Paul Smith sent:
Thanks, Tom, for your suggestion. By replacing my mouse with a
different one, the reported problem disappears. Therefore, it is a
hardware problem -- my first mouse is faulty.
It's a common problem. The buttons get a lot of clicking, and they're
directly soldered onto the printed circuit board. So you have switch
wear-out, as well as soldering fractures to contend with.
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