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Is trackball more natural than regular mouse?

shard 17y ago
It's certainly less stressful on my wrists for me. I can now move the pointer all over the screen but just wriggling two fingers over a range of about an inch. My wrist and arm are always in a resting position when trackballing, and left clicking with my thumb feels easier than with my forefinger.
- eru 17y ago
  Could you play Quake with it? (I am using Dvorak already.)
  - treo 17y ago
    I do, and as an added feature I can blame the trackball for playing bad, but in reality I am just as bad when playing with a mouse
  - shard 17y ago
    Yes, I play Quake Live with it.
arundelo 17y ago
I like the trackball for three reasons: - I don't have to periodically pick it up and reposition it because of running out of mousepad room. (My wrist doesn't like doing that, and my sister -- who has had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in both of her wrists -- says it's bad too, but I couldn't find an online citation.) - I can press the buttons without accidentally moving the pointer at the same time. (This is mainly a problem with ball mice, but I've gotten unintentional pointer movement with optical mice too.) - I find it easier to do things that require pixel-level accuracy with a trackball. I prefer the Logitech TrackMan Wheel, whose trackball is thumb-operated: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/trackballs/devices/166&cl=US,EN http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/trackballs/d...
- TweedHeads 17y ago
  And the most important, it protects you from carpal tunnel syndrome. I started suffering from CTS and had to switch hands at first. Then finally dropped the mouse and got a trackball (precisely the one you point at) and never been happier.
hs 17y ago
i like neither, i prefer the 'nipple' (ibm and fujitsu laptops). touchpads are nice too. i got physical pains from reaching the mouse
lallysingh 17y ago
I tried those for a while when I was on my last ergo kick. The ball was just too hard to move for me. I almost had to pinch the thing to make it slide. Instead, I've found this more comfortable: http://www.evoluent.com/vmouse2.html http://www.evoluent.com/vmouse2.html Works great with a gel wrist wrest on the mousepad.

shard 17y ago

It's certainly less stressful on my wrists for me. I can now move the pointer all over the screen but just wriggling two fingers over a range of about an inch. My wrist and arm are always in a resting position when trackballing, and left clicking with my thumb feels easier than with my forefinger.

eru 17y ago
Could you play Quake with it? (I am using Dvorak already.)
- treo 17y ago
  I do, and as an added feature I can blame the trackball for playing bad, but in reality I am just as bad when playing with a mouse
- shard 17y ago
  Yes, I play Quake Live with it.

arundelo 17y ago

I like the trackball for three reasons: - I don't have to periodically pick it up and reposition it because of running out of mousepad room. (My wrist doesn't like doing that, and my sister -- who has had surgery for carpal tunnel syndrome in both of her wrists -- says it's bad too, but I couldn't find an online citation.) - I can press the buttons without accidentally moving the pointer at the same time. (This is mainly a problem with ball mice, but I've gotten unintentional pointer movement with optical mice too.) - I find it easier to do things that require pixel-level accuracy with a trackball. I prefer the Logitech TrackMan Wheel, whose trackball is thumb-operated: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/trackballs/devices/166&cl=US,EN http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/mice_pointers/trackballs/d...

TweedHeads 17y ago
And the most important, it protects you from carpal tunnel syndrome. I started suffering from CTS and had to switch hands at first. Then finally dropped the mouse and got a trackball (precisely the one you point at) and never been happier.

hs 17y ago

i like neither, i prefer the 'nipple' (ibm and fujitsu laptops). touchpads are nice too. i got physical pains from reaching the mouse

lallysingh 17y ago

I tried those for a while when I was on my last ergo kick. The ball was just too hard to move for me. I almost had to pinch the thing to make it slide. Instead, I've found this more comfortable: http://www.evoluent.com/vmouse2.html http://www.evoluent.com/vmouse2.html Works great with a gel wrist wrest on the mousepad.