The Glade 4.0

BOOM BABY. Which one you like betta?

How on earth did you end up with a wireless trackball?

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Ah, yeah. So, here was my thought process:

EXCUSE TO BUY NEW GADGETS!
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For the Logitech Performance MX: I got it a day before I got the trackball.I played around with it, and I took to it relatively well, though given my own narrow mindedness about mice and over two decades of sticking strictly to one style (give or take), I have to say it feels very comfortable to hold, but the sensation that I'm actually moving the cursor with a sofa under my hand is still there. It's something of a beast, size-wise, and my hand muscles are just kinda working their way around it. I think I could adopt it, however; with my small(ish) hands, it's just going to take a bit of self-adjustment.

The wireless trackball...I'm not self-delusional enough to not admit that part of that purchase is aesthetics: I love the blue-and-graphite and the general design is cool. But the main reason I decided to give it another go (I owned one around eight years ago when I first went off to college, though I rarely used it...it was I suppose the predecessor to this one, Logitech and white with a red ball) is that I've been developing some wrist-and-shoulder trouble that I can only assume has to do with my constant computer usage, and as I'm right-handed, and it only occurs on my right side, I can't imagine they're not related. So I figured that if I could adapt to a trackball, keeping my wrist in a stationary position would be far more beneficial and possibly aid recovery to those pains.

My biggest concern with the trackball is simply one of control; my thumb is simply not all that dexterous. I can do most tasks fairly well, even play Diablo 3 with decent skill (tried it for a few hours last night), but it's hard to rely on my dumb thumb when I'm trying to manipulate fine-detail graphics. Still juggling both, though, and seeing how they go.

If you're having shoulder pain, the most likely culprit is probably the way in which you're seated, more so than what you're using or how you're using it.

It was the trackball that gave birth to the USB sticks, wasn't it?

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It will take a couple weeks of straight use to really feel comfortable with the trackball (the same can be said for learning to operate a mouse left handed, as I also know from experience).

My wife also had hand and wrist problems and did not want said trackball. I forced it on her a few years ago. Her pain went away and that is now her preferred peripheral of choice. We even bought one for our laptops (they are great laptop mice, work on any surface).

Your thumb will get more dexterous over time. I recommend turning on pointer acceleration, even if you just set it to low. That way you can turn the fine-tuning sensitivity down but still move the cursor quickly across the screen.

The response time for being a wireless device is great and a single aa battery will last you a year.

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I was browsing humanscale for something else, and stumbled on this.

The Switch Mouse
http://humanscale.com/products/product_ ... witchMouse

I find the concept intriguing for work/productivity stuff (wouldnt work for gaming I don't think). I like the large size.. seems like it would have similar benefits to a trackball. It's also switchable between left and right hand (it tilts at an angle)....

Not sure I'm keen on replacing my beloved scrollwheel with that button though. I'd have to try one before I committed..

Two pages to recommend a mouse? You guys are geeks.

(Not that I would know anything about that...)

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