I liked trackballs in the early days, but those only had 2 buttons and no wheel, so I had to give in and mouse. I cannot use a full size mouse, my hand gets too tired. I can only use a smaller travel mouse, but they are getting harder to find. And I learned to turn usage 90 degrees, resting my arm on the desk across in front of me, so up is to my left. It took a little adjusting, but now is normal. But, with this conversation, I just ordered a real trackball from ebay, there are many of them there, including usb and with as many buttons as you could want. Also a few wireless ones We shall see if it works for me. <pre>--Carey</pre>
On 06/23/2024 10:03 AM CDT mwilson--- via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
On 2024-06-22 16:39, Howard Gibson via talk wrote:
I am typing this on my personal Lenovo laptop running GNU/Linux. For anything other than a desktop, I find that mice are inferiour to trackballs. I strongly prefer mice for mechanical CAD. In coffeeshops, in bars, and on the arms of my front porch muskoka chairs, trackballs do not need table space.
Trackball? You mean trackpoint, red rubbery button between G, H, B, no?
No. Trackball.
Take an old-fashioned ball mouse, turn it on its back. Instead of sliding the mouse across the desk to move the ball, you move the ball directly with your fingers.
I'm just on the point of logging in to Staples to get one to use in the car. It can work just sitting on the center console,
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