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Trackball Recommendation?

Dave Jochum — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 04:42:38 GMT

A couple of weeks ago I bought a Logitech cordless mouse (5 button, scroll wheel) and installed the Logitech driver. The action is not very smooth and the cursor has a nasty habit of jumping off-screen. Anybody else have a similar experience? I've decided I want to go back to using a trackball (used the old 2-button Kensington for many years). Are there any recommendations for trackballs?

TIA

Re: Trackball Recommendation?

David Maudlin — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 14:21:34 GMT

Dave:

I have been very happy with the Kensington Turbo Mouse Pro Trackball. 4 main buttons, scroll wheel and 6 direct launch buttons. The scroll wheel works for zooming in and out, and a middle click can be assigned to the scroll wheel or any of the 4 main buttons for panning.

HTH
David Maudlin

Re: Trackball Recommendation?

JCovarrubias — Fri, 21 Nov 2003 15:59:50 GMT

I like:
the Kensington TurboBall (if you can still find one) has four programmable buttons, and works great on my OS X Panther G4 notebook.
I've been using this thing from system to system for years..
No jumping, and its bullet proof.

I noticed that the extremely smooth surface became less sensitive to movement after having "unwashed (oil-laden) hands" so I sanded the ball with a very very light sandpaper, and then added some WD-40 and then washed the excess off. Now the surface of the ball is flatter (non-shiny) and works flawlessly.

Re: Trackball Recommendation?

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Nov 2003 20:25:17 GMT

Dave
I too have the same Logitech mouse....I had to play around with the settings as I was use to the Micorsoft Trackball Explorer.
I'm sure you have the latest driver and software. Check to make sure that your motion speed is set the way you like. And uncheck the "disable game speed" or something. Seems to be a toss-up as to which mouse I prefer.
And dont eat Cheetos if your using any trackball type mouse...LOL

Re: Trackball Recommendation?

Dave Jochum — Sat, 06 Dec 2003 08:17:29 GMT

In case anyone's interested, I ended up buying a Kensington Expert Mouse Pro (trackball). It works very smoothly--5 buttons and scroll wheel programmable by application--6 more buttons with global programming. Very comfortable cushiony hand/wrist rest. It's identical to the Turbo Mouse Pro but some $10 cheaper (?-Don't know what's going on there)