[linux-audio-user] ot-ish : trackballs

Loki Davison loki.davison at gmail.com
Thu Oct 12 00:04:10 EDT 2006


On 10/12/06, Jouni Rinne <jouni.rinne at luukku.com> wrote:
> greg kirjoitti:
> > Just wondering if anybody has any experience using trackballs.  I have
> > the impression that it would be more ergonomic and might offer better
> > precision/control for selections, etc. It looks like Kensington($$$) and
> > logitech are the only companies making them now.
>
> I have two: a Logitech Marble Mouse on my main computer and a Logitech TrackMan
> Wheel on my second computer. The latter is good for office work, browsing etc.
> because of the scrollwheel, but the ball is a bit harder to use because you
> can't really use but your thumb. The Marble Mouse is wonderful: I'll never, ever
> want to use an ordinary mouse after the experience with it... It's very good for
> almost anything, and the best gaming mouse I've ever tried: I just *can't* play
> Q3A, UT etc. without it!
>
> JR
>
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I just recently got a new Marble mouse, the one with the ball in the
middle and buttons either side, quite cheap and lovely! Much more
ergonomic than a mouse and great for everything. Still got bad RSI
though... The ball being a scroll wheel on clicking 4th button thing
is pretty awesome too, and quite easy to set up with minor xorg
effort.

Loki

p.s I am without internet except at the library and going insane!



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