Cons: the placement of the ball just doesn't work for me.
The Bottom Line: For people that do CAD, photoshop or layout work, this mouse is finnicky, at times annoying, and ultimately only serves as a novelty..
cruzion's Full Review: Microsoft Trackball Optical (D67-00005) Mouse, Tra...
OK, so im one of the few who likes trackballs....i work 24/7 with puters, and they save my wrists. Trackball i always liked was kensingtons big square 'eight-ball' trackers. theyre excellent. I didnt want to fork out $80 - $100 tho!. so i shopped about and it came down to theis, and a logitech. My preference seemed for the M$ one, so i bought it.
Problem: the thumb positioned ball means that, moving thumb across it, up and down, you can keep a parallel circumference when moving in toward and from your index finger (left right on on-screen cursor). moving the cursor up down means that your bending your thumb... no chance of keeping a smooth circum-navigation, and this is the problem: the differentation in pressure on the ball itself makes it grip onto the socket that holds it in place. your cursor stops moving, or stutters. this means you have to think to compensate to get the pointer where you want it....not good. its really annoying if your exacting like me, and you like stuff be where it should be when you move it. also, the thumb being a short digit, it takes 2 or three flicks to get it from bottom to top of screen....if you speed your cursor acceleration up, you have no chance of doing precise work! the sticky socket combined with the foibals of your shaky muscle control will garauntee you'll take 5 times longer to hit that point thats 2mm away, than with a normal mouse! id recommend people stick with forefinger controlled trackballs, or an optical mouse with COMFY WRISTPADS!!
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