trackball mouse vs traditional mouse

chrismaddox3d

i will get a new mouse anyday now,
im looking at the logitech 518mx mouse that looks great,
but thinking about learning how to use a trackball mouse,
there cheaper and wont cause you to get carpel tunnel i hear,
my friend had one once and i used it,its differnt for sure,,
how do you guys think it works with 3d and gaming and such,
here are some im looking at on newegg.com
just wondering if anyone uses it on here,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLis...p;x=13&y=28
Thanks,Chris

Panupat

My instructor recommend our class a vertical aligned mouse.
http://www.evoluent.com/vm3.html
It's weird, but he said it's really comfortable for the wrist and arm working long hours.

fmnoor

I used to use a a trackball at one point because I had no space for a mouse on my desktop. The Trackman was what I used with the thumb controlled ball, very good and it was decent at FPS games too.

Only thing is I had to pop out the ball and clean the contacts every now and then.

chrismaddox3d

i may just go get the logitech 518mx mouse,
been using a reg mouse over 10yrs and no issues now,
lets hope i didnt curse my self saying that,lol
thanks for the help,
Thanks,Chris

Jeremy Wright

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I used to use a a trackball at one point because I had no space for a mouse on my desktop. The Trackman was what I used with the thumb controlled ball, very good and it was decent at FPS games too.

Only thing is I had to pop out the ball and clean the contacts every now and then.

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I have the Microsoft optical trackball mouse and think its a great mouse. I much prefer the trackball setup to flailing my hand all over a desk. I also have to take the ball out from time to time to clean it. I have the four buttons setup from left to right as: single click, double click, right click, esc. I've been using that setup for a few years and really like it. I also have a Nostromo N52 that i used to use and had programmed with CAD and SketchUp macros, but haven't been using it as much.

Steve Schulze

A friend of mine picked up a different variety of those vertical mouse with more of a joystick pistol grip setup a strange thing to see, but apparently comfortable to use once you get used to it.