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What advantages (or disadvantages) do you all trackball users have over using a mouse/trackpad? The only problems I've ever had with the mouse was stiff neck/s
by karmakaze 4y ago
What advantages (or disadvantages) do you all trackball users have over using a mouse/trackpad?
The only problems I've ever had with the mouse was stiff neck/shoulders (which I think was more to do with bad posture and desk/keyboard/mouse height) and shooting pains on the back of my mouse hand, possibly from clicking the buttons but the trackball has similar buttons.
Would I appreciate any increases in speed/accuracy over a mouse or touchpad? If that were true pro-gamers should be using them. Being in one place means it can stay closer to the keyboard, so that's a plus--might be cool to have a laptop with a trackball under your palms on home row.
- tbrownaw 4y agoI don't need a big area for a mousepad. I don't have to care if I'm working someplace without a perfectly level surface for a mousepad. I can spin the ball quickly to move the cursor long distances (multiple 4k screens). . Trackpads are annoying because of the tiny distance they allow without multiple strokes. . I tried a tiny thumb trackball a couple times, but it sucked for both precision and speed. Like, bad enough that I couldn't fix it very well with the acceleration settings.