A long time ago in the 90s I used a Microsoft trackball on my dad's computer. It was device on a stand with the trackball placed on top and the mouse buttons placed horizontally. I remember playing games with it and enjoying it quite a bit.
Fast forward to today and I feel that I'd like to give trackballs a go once again.
I recently bought the Elecom Deft Pro and whilst it had excellent build quality I returned it because I had two problems with it. The first was that it sort of propped my wrist a bit too high at a somewhat awkward angle. The second was that the ball was difficult to use for fine movements. I use spreadsheets a lot and to select the edges of cells was tough. I later read in other forums that the ruby bearings of recent Elecoms weren't so great and replacements ceramic bearings were advised, but I wasn't prepared to do surgery on a brand new mouse.
So here I am looking around once again.
Can good accurate positioning be got with trackballs at all?
If so, which type is better, Thumb or Finger? Or is it just simply a matter of time and practice that accuracy can be improved?
Fast forward to today and I feel that I'd like to give trackballs a go once again.
I recently bought the Elecom Deft Pro and whilst it had excellent build quality I returned it because I had two problems with it. The first was that it sort of propped my wrist a bit too high at a somewhat awkward angle. The second was that the ball was difficult to use for fine movements. I use spreadsheets a lot and to select the edges of cells was tough. I later read in other forums that the ruby bearings of recent Elecoms weren't so great and replacements ceramic bearings were advised, but I wasn't prepared to do surgery on a brand new mouse.
So here I am looking around once again.
Can good accurate positioning be got with trackballs at all?
If so, which type is better, Thumb or Finger? Or is it just simply a matter of time and practice that accuracy can be improved?