Comments on: Trackball

By: Frank

Frank — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 23:31:53 +0000

All be carefull, i have used trackballs for years, the one pictured above, and my personal favorite the MS optical trackball explorer, however i have recently been in lots of pain, nothing unbearable, but painj ust the same, it is inmy thumb, up the side of my arm, and dorearm , and throughout my bicep, and some time in to my shoulder, all caused by thumb tendonitist from my track balls. Recently i researched and found out the thumb is not supposed to go side to side and up and down, its to support the fingers in holding, or whacking the space bar. Blackberry and heavy texter’s are or will develop similar syptoms, and the worst part is having to go back to a mouse, is horrrible, cuz no the wrist is at risk, and if you used a trackball for any lenth of time you know why you gave up your mouse, it just sucks, i am still looking for an alternative we shal see…

By: astroknight

astroknight — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 19:36:45 +0000

I think I looked at that trackball but decided that I have better uses for those fingers…

By: Leanne

Leanne — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 17:57:06 +0000

Here’s my trackball – I think I passed on the one you got because my thumb is already crampy from all the clicking – tendonitis of the thumb? Click happy thumb disease? My thumb twitches in my sleep. I hope you can get used to that one!

By: astroknight

astroknight — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 13:38:24 +0000

I went to a wireless trackball just like the one in the picture a little while ago. The cords were just getting too unmanagable on the desk. I think it took about a week to get used to it, but now I wouldn’t trade it for most anything! When our first one died a year or so ago I went compeltely nuts trying to find the exact replacement, well almost exact since I wanted the new one to work. Love it! Love it! Love it!