I love the Kensington Trackball! I have never bought a computer without getting a trackball that works with it. I find the trackball much easier on my aging joints, especially shoulder. I can just sit there and let my fingers do the work. I have had four different models of Kensington: Whatever they had in 1993; the Orbit, The TurboBall Trackball and the Turbo Mouse Pro. I found all but the TurboBall Trackball to be very satisfactory. The main problem I had with it was its shape. While I thought its design would be more ergonomically satisfying, I found it to be just the opposite. The high profile resulted in my wrist forming a sharp angle and when holding the unit as I rotated the ball always resulted in my putting too much pressure on one of the various command buttons. Also I usually had trouble getting any friction between the ball and my fingers. I'd move my fingers but the ball never moved. I have never had this problem with another Kensington trackball. Kensington has a wonderful guarantee though. if you are not satisfied return it for a full refund. I did. Now I am using their Turbo Mouse Pro. I wish they would make a mini track ball for use (carrying around) with a laptop computer. The Turbo Mouse Pro with its wrist support takes up about a third of the space my laptop does.
I tried another brand of trackball, Logitech's cordless, and found it to require thumb action to rotate the ball. I found this to be awkward and am looking for a new home for it. Does anyone out there want it. The price is right: free. I wonder what I was thinking when I bought a trackball that wasn't a Kensington? Stupid of me, wasn't it? Anne On Thursday, July 3, 2003, at 05:38 PM, Allan Atherton wrote: >> I am in no great hurry for a mouse of freedom, just thought it >> wonderful not to have to deal with that string that inevitably folds >> itself under my mouse and prevents or interferes with clicking. > > I tried a Kensington trackball in 1993 as soon as I got my first Mac, > liked > it, and have used one ever since. Even bought a trackball at my own > expense > to use on the PC at the office. Am now on my second trackball at home, > since > the old one did not work with OSX. I can use a mouse when I have to, > but it > is easier to flick the cursor across my dual monitors with one finger > on the > ball, than to move the mouse, run out of pad (or run over the wire), > pick it > up, and move it again. > > I have never found anyone else who likes a trackball. And those who > try mine > hate it. | The next meeting of the Louisville Computer Society will | be July 22. The LCS Web page is <http://www.kymac.org>. | This list's page is <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup>.
