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Looks similar to my trusty Kensington Expert, only with more buttons: https://www.kensington.com/p/products/electronic-control-solutions/trackball-products/exp

Looks similar to my trusty Kensington Expert, only with more buttons: https://www.kensington.com/p/products/electronic-control-solutions/trackball-products/expert-mouse-wireless-trackball-1/ https://www.kensington.com/p/products/electronic-control-sol... Even the wrist rest, which I've never seen on another trackball, seems to have been copied from here. Anybody tested out both? They really need to find a better name than "Ploopy" though.

magicalhippo 2mo ago
> They really need to find a better name than "Ploopy" though. The name reminded me of Kooky Plops, the fictional band from the brilliant animated skit[1] by David Firth (of Salad Fingers fame) about the state of pop music in 2009. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pehHOqx7JXg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pehHOqx7JXg
Karliss 2mo ago
> They really need to find a better name They seem to be happy with extra engagement from people who hate the name. https://blog.ploopy.co/yall-need-a-new-name-48 https://blog.ploopy.co/yall-need-a-new-name-48
chocochunks 2mo ago
I had the Expert briefly before returning it and the Ploopy Adept. The Expert doesn't have hardware remappable buttons, only software which IMO makes it no good. It is, IIRC a little bigger. The Adept does have QMK hardware remappable buttons, although mine had a button break and I never got it quite feeling right with the replacement case. I feel like they revised things from my early board and case and they didn't quite match up. I also think scrolling by holding down a button and moving the ball on the Adept is better than the Expert scroll wheel. Generally I like the feel of Ploopy's trackballs and that are Canadian but I do kinda wish they moved towards offering better non 3D printed cases as an option.