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I've been a die-hard thumbball user for nearly 25 years; I'm still nursing my old-school wired 1999-era Logitech Trackman Wheel. Ploopy's thumb trackball looks
by cbm-vic-20 4y ago
I've been a die-hard thumbball user for nearly 25 years; I'm still nursing my old-school wired 1999-era Logitech Trackman Wheel.
Ploopy's thumb trackball looks great! What does the customizable firmware get me? I've never considered "layers" on a pointing device, like a keyboard.
- brirec 4y agoWell for one, it runs the same open-source firmware that most open-source mechanical keyboards use. You can alter anything you want about it, including things like the tracking of the ball, drag-to-scroll in firmware, button mapping, and indeed layers. It's running mainline QMK.
- rgoulter 4y ago> What does the customizable firmware get me? I've never considered "layers" on a pointing device, like a keyboard. I could see it as useful; although maybe not with these trackball designs. I'm not sure what form factor you'd want for layers. But, I could see stuff like "go desktop left/right", "prev/next tab", "skip video forward/back", "volume up/down" as things which it'd be neat to while casually using a computer, without needing hand on the keyboard.