On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 08:14:44PM +1300, umbrati...@prosimetrum.com wrote: > > small ones seem to me like a pain to point, and the large ones look > > like hard to make chords with the big ball in the middle. Could you > > share your experience? > > I use a Kensington Expert which I guess falls into the big > ball in the middle category. Honestly, most of the time I > click/chord with my left hand on the thinkpad's trackpad > buttons while rolling the ball with my right hand, but > chording with the trackball buttons is also fine. The > scrollwheel thing is pretty nice too.
My pointing device on the desktop is an L-TRAC trackball, currently sold by xkeys.com. It's definitely in the 'big ball in the middle' category but the buttons are mostly huge enough to make up for it -- I've never found myself straining to reach anything, but I will admit the extension ports allowing more buttons to be scattered around the desktop is a nice bonus. I don't recommend the LED-lit models, as they're brighter than the goddamn sun, and trackball itself is translucent so it just shines like a beacon. I replaced my ball with a 9-ball to mitigate the glare. khm ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/T49f3cceea70d2b61-M4d5b713a555327b737f00c15 Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
