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Demise of the trackball? What's the alternative?
Josh:
What I want is a trackball with the side scroll option, back/forward buttons and a SMOOTH scroll wheel (You know, instead of feeling like a "click" when scrolling on it). But, it seems, no one wants a trackball. I find the mouse awkward for gaming and the trackball makes it so much easier. I love my trackball explorer from MS, but I am on my second one and dont feel like buying a new one because, knowing my luck, someone WILL release a new one with the features I want RIGHT AFTER I buy it. BRING BACK MORE TRACKBALLS!!!!
mouser:
josh - that's an interesting idea..
are there any double-ball trackballs? one for cursor and one for scrolling? now that would be interesting!
mouser:
someone else had my idea of a dual trackball as well:
http://www.squub.com/insipid/articles/2006/08/17/of-balls-and-wrists
While researching these things I've decided what would REALLY be cool is a trackball with two balls; one under the fingers, and another under the thumb. One would function like a scroll wheel (except scrolling up/down and side to side,) and the other as a traditional cursor controller. Then a slew of easily accessible programmable buttons. Somebody get on that.
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Deozaan:
What I want is a trackball with the side scroll option, back/forward buttons and a SMOOTH scroll wheel (You know, instead of feeling like a "click" when scrolling on it).
-Josh (November 29, 2006, 01:16 PM)
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I need to feel the wheel clicks. Scroll wheels without them just feel weird to me. They do have smooth scroll wheels out there, but I don't know if they are on a trackball.
are there any double-ball trackballs? one for cursor and one for scrolling? now that would be interesting!
-mouser (November 29, 2006, 01:26 PM)
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Double trackball would be cool for 3D stuff. One ball for the cursor and one ball to move the camera or an object in 3D around on its base axis.
Edvard:
Dude, I think this one's got you covered. That scroll ring looks nifty: http://www.cardcam.com/html/2200.html
Or check out one of these: http://www.infogrip.com/category_view.asp?subcategory=9&CatTxt=Trackballs&option=pointing
Nope, scratch all those, get one of these: http://www.x-arcade.com/trackball.shtml 8)
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