trackballs: cult classic or overrated garbage?

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Sham bam bamina!: Nov 6, 2012; ƨtupid cat

# ? Jan 30, 2017 20:05

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# ? May 3, 2024 22:52

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

no that's ball tracking

# ? Jan 30, 2017 21:02

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

I use a trackball at work so that I don't throw off my carefully calibrated muscle memory for when it's time to play FPS games.

# ? Jan 30, 2017 23:41

r u ready to WALK: Sep 29, 2001

The good thing about trackballs is that they are so bad at everything that you have no other option than to finally learn all the keyboard shortcuts

# ? Jan 31, 2017 07:09

suck my woke dick: Oct 10, 2012; I CANNOT EJACULATE WITHOUT SEEING NATIVE AMERICANS BRUTALISED!

Put this cum-loving slave on ignore immediately!

trackballs are the best at everything except 360 noscopes

# ? Jan 31, 2017 11:42

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

a good trackball can be spun like an arcade table ball in 360 and stopped on a dime and it owns for quake style fast turns

# ? Jan 31, 2017 20:39

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

cleaning out my rat's nest of a computer parts box, hoverwife came across my old trackball and was all WTF IS THIS THING

# ? Jan 31, 2017 21:04

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

Agile Vector posted:

a good trackball can be spun like an arcade table ball in 360 and stopped on a dime and it owns for quake style fast turns

i believe i stated this in the first post

# ? Jan 31, 2017 21:05

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

cleaning out my rat's nest of a computer parts box, hoverwife came across my old trackball and was all WTF IS THIS THING

'why do you always have to zip up after using your mouse' i chuckled nervously

# ? Jan 31, 2017 21:09

yellow borders: Jan 7, 2010

i use a logitech m570 at work, op.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 21:10

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

trackballs are garbage

# ? Jan 31, 2017 21:13

OldAlias: Nov 2, 2013

Loving Africa Chaps posted:

trackballs are garbage

carpal tunnel syndrome is Cool and Good

# ? Jan 31, 2017 21:20

Loving Africa Chaps: Dec 3, 2007; We had not left it yet, but when I would wake in the night, I would lie, listening, homesick for it already.

OldAlias posted:

carpal tunnel syndrome is Cool and Good

it's a small price to pay

# ? Jan 31, 2017 21:31

blugu64: Jul 17, 2006; Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

yellow borders posted:

i use a logitech m570 at work, op.

same, it's so that other people can't use my computer. I'd buy a left hand one if I could just to really screw with people.

# ? Jan 31, 2017 21:45

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

honestly the best way to discourage people from using your computer is to use a trackpad because olds and the tech illiterate cant process how they work

# ? Feb 1, 2017 00:02

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

blank caps on the keyboard is less cumbersome than using a suckpad

# ? Feb 1, 2017 00:04

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

'can i use your computer?'

*gestures to trackpad*

'eventually!'

# ? Feb 1, 2017 00:10

Share Bear: Apr 27, 2004

Agile Vector posted:

'can i use your computer?'

*gestures to trackpad*

'eventually!'

# ? Feb 1, 2017 00:16

LP0 ON FIRE: Jan 25, 2006; _{beep boop}

i have scary memories that have scarred me.. i can't touch a trackball because that big yellow centipede trackball used to pinch my hand over and over and i bled and cried and cried

# ? Feb 1, 2017 02:51

moron izzard: Nov 17, 2006; Grimey Drawer

Sham bam bamina! posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSPzsV2YN6Q

# ? Feb 1, 2017 03:13

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

cleaning out my rat's nest of a computer parts box, hoverwife came across my old trackball and was all WTF IS THIS THING

so what the gently caress is it eh?

# ? Feb 1, 2017 03:58

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

LP0 ON FIRE posted:

i have scary memories that have scarred me.. i can't touch a trackball because that big yellow centipede trackball used to pinch my hand over and over and i bled and cried and cried

get an Atari 2600 TrakBall and desensitize yourself

(my parents should still have one in their basement in very good condition, I've considered asking them to send it...)

eschaton fucked around with this message at 04:06 on Feb 1, 2017

# ? Feb 1, 2017 04:00

CRIP EATIN BREAD: Jun 24, 2002; Hey stop worrying bout my acting bitch, and worry about your WACK ass music. In the mean time... Eat a hot bowl of Dicks! Ice T; Soiled Meat

Dominus Vobiscum posted:

my wrist pain from work computing went away entirely a few days after switching to a trackball

same

# ? Feb 1, 2017 04:03

A Pinball Wizard: Mar 23, 2005; I know every trick, no freak's gonna beat my hands; College Slice

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

cleaning out my rat's nest of a computer parts box, hoverwife came across my old trackball and was all WTF IS THIS THING

By now you should be used to your wife saying that when you pull your thing out of the box

# ? Feb 1, 2017 04:37

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

A Pinball Wizard posted:

By now you should be used to your wife saying that when you pull your thing out of the box

tbf she didn't know it had even been in there in the first place

# ? Feb 1, 2017 05:10

Chill Callahan: Nov 14, 2012

On a side note--WTF are these?

# ? Feb 2, 2017 21:47

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

One of my students has one of those. It's weird

# ? Feb 2, 2017 21:51

Cold on a Cob: Feb 6, 2006; i've seen so much, i'm going blind
and i'm brain dead virtually; College Slice

Chill Callahan posted:

On a side note--WTF are these?

nokia n-gage mouse looking good

# ? Feb 2, 2017 21:55

qntm: Jun 17, 2009

I think they're supposed to be better for your fingers/hand or something

don't look any weirder than anything else that's designed to fit into a human hand, to be honest

hmm, available left-handed apparently, nice

# ? Feb 2, 2017 22:37

flakeloaf: Feb 26, 2003; Still better than android clock

yup ergo mice for people with grindy wrists, we approve a lot of them

# ? Feb 2, 2017 23:27

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?

Cold on a Cob posted:

nokia n-gage mouse looking good

side mousin'

# ? Feb 2, 2017 23:48

The XKCD Larper: Mar 1, 2009; by Lowtax

The XKCD Larper posted:

Going to go steal my mother's wireless trackball mouse so I can weigh in.

Update: Been using my mother's Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball for about 5 days now. She doesnt use her computer (Which has Ubuntu Installed on it) very much so she hasn't noticed that I have it yet.

I'm hooked already. Past the initial learning curve, moving around with the trackball feels great and has greatly reduced my amount of wrist strain after long computing sessions. Still working on the full review, but here's a quick overview of what I've noticed so far:

Pros:
Good ergonomics
Light
Looks great
Great battery life
Forward/back buttons speed up browsing
Can be used virtually anywhere
Micro USB dongle looks great with my HHKB

Cons:
Takes a day or two to get used to
Slightly weird placement of right-click
Scrolling feels less natural than my MX518

# ? Feb 3, 2017 02:50

Dolomite: Jul 26, 2000; Cars & Legs

thumb trackballs are the best

# ? Feb 3, 2017 02:57

The XKCD Larper: Mar 1, 2009; by Lowtax

Chill Callahan posted:

On a side note--WTF are these?

I got my grandmother the Anker version of that. She likes it

# ? Feb 3, 2017 03:09

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

eschaton posted:

side mousin'

ghostride the click

# ? Feb 3, 2017 03:20

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

i sometimes think about getting a trackball to try it out but i realized that the way i use my mouse doesn't even involve my wrist usually. i just hold it with my fingertips and slide it around in a 1" circle while keeping my wrist steady. have mouse DPI set at around 2000 so that it maps to the whole screen in that area. i dunno if that's good or what but i don't (yet) get wrist pain from computering.

# ? Feb 3, 2017 03:37

blugu64: Jul 17, 2006; Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous communist plot we have ever had to face?

I've found it impossible to find novelty trackballs since like 1998. you know, 8 balls, smiley faces, etc.

# ? Feb 3, 2017 03:47

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

blugu64 posted:

I've found it impossible to find novelty trackballs since like 1998. you know, 8 balls, smiley faces, etc.

poo poo i would buy all these trackballs for my work mouse

# ? Feb 3, 2017 03:48

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; 𝓪 𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓹𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓪 𝓲𝓼 𝓪 𝓬𝓾𝓻𝓲𝓸𝓾𝓼 𝓼𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓸𝓯 𝓬𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓾𝓻𝓮

blugu64 posted:

I've found it impossible to find novelty trackballs since like 1998. you know, 8 balls, smiley faces, etc.

what if a trackball made of pure thc

# ? Feb 3, 2017 03:54

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# ? May 3, 2024 22:52

Agile Vector: May 21, 2007; scrum bored

Silver Alicorn posted:

what if a trackball made of pure thc

id be twice as high thats what

# ? Feb 3, 2017 04:12

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