
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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