You make it sound like optical mouses were a no-brainer, but they were very much non trivial: it required both ingenuity and fairly sophisticated tech to make them work well.
I don't they'll ever "be there" unless people like you start using them!
Is Searx(ng) really an alternative? Last I checked it's more like a front end to other search engines.
You make it sound like optical mouses were a no-brainer, but they were very much non trivial: it required both ingenuity and fairly sophisticated tech to make them work well.