Forum Overview :: American McGee's Honda Civic
 
Indeed. by Mischief Maker 09/02/2013, 3:30pm PDT
I'm rather persnickety about my trackballs. I can't stand the thumb operated variety, the ones I go for are center ball surrounded on both sides by buttons. Thumb operates left click, pinky operates right click, middle 3 fingers dance over the ball for extremely precise control.

Trackballs in general:

+ Unparalleled precision control. Alpha Protocol hacking minigame unplayable without a pad? Pfft!
+ No need to lift and reposition.

- Need to take the ball out and dust the contacts monthly.
- Extended gaming use pretty much necessitates a padded wrist rest.

To my knowledge you pretty much have 2 options for center ball trackballs: Cheap and Expensive.

The cheap option is the Logitech marble mouse.

+ Cheap
+ Small Desktop footprint

+/- More comfortable for small hands

- Tend to die after 2 years of gaming use
- No scroll wheel

The expensive option, that I'm currently using is the Kensington Expert Mouse.

+ Giant ball = greater control
+ Scrollwheel!

+/- More comfortable for large hands

- Expensive
- Larger desktop footprint

Hope this helps!
PREVIOUS NEXT REPLY QUOTE
 
I think I want to buy a trackball by motherfuckerfoodeater 09/02/2013, 2:49pm PDT NEW
    Indeed. by Mischief Maker 09/02/2013, 3:30pm PDT NEW
        Re: Indeed. by jeep 09/02/2013, 5:11pm PDT NEW
        I've used a Marble left-handed for occasional RSI flareup in my wrist by Entropy Stew 09/03/2013, 8:29am PDT NEW
        Went with the expert mouse. by motherfuckerfoodeater 09/06/2013, 12:51pm PDT NEW
            The one thing that isn't dystopian about the future envisioned by Dredd: by Mischief Maker 09/06/2013, 12:54pm PDT NEW
 
powered by pointy