Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: ot-ish : trackballs

From: Lee Revell <rlrevell@email-addr-hidden-job.com>
Date: Thu Oct 12 2006 - 17:54:41 EEST

On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 07:43 +0200, Nicola Larosa wrote:
> Nicola Larosa wrote:
> > Trackballs, trackpads, trackpoints, whatever, but drop the standard mice!
>
> Oh, I forgot something important: discard the trackballs with small balls,
> to be operated with the thumb: they're an RSI disaster waiting to happen.
>
> You want balls that are operated with the other fingers or the palm, the
> thumb only has to click. The bigger the ball, the better.
>
>

You mean like the Microsoft Trackball Optical? Great, this is exactly
what I've been using for years. It does seem a bit weird to make the
thumb do all the work, but so far mine doesn't hurt...

Lee
Received on Thu Oct 12 20:15:03 2006

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