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Disappointing trackballs
Aug. 2nd, 2011 03:05 pmAfter such a long delay that I thought they'd taken my money and run, I finally received my "ErgoTouch Mouse", version 1 and version 2. They are small compact trackball mice, which I thought would be great... and turned out not to be.
The first thing which I ought to have realized would be a problem, was something I knew before I bought them: they are designed to be held in the hand, with one's forefinger inside a hole, resting on Button1. This means that it is more difficult to switch from typing to mousing and back again, because it's no longer a matter of lifting up one's hand and resting it on something: you have to stick your finger inside a hole.
Second problem: the version-1 doesn't have a mouse-wheel. I miss my mouse-wheel.
Third problem, an even worse one: while version-2 does have a mouse-wheel, it doesn't have a Button2. Which is worse because there are enough buttons for a Button2, but both the buttons on the top of the version-2 are hardwired to be Button3. This is insanity, and as far as I'm concerned, renders the trackball unusable.
This is really, really annoying.
The first thing which I ought to have realized would be a problem, was something I knew before I bought them: they are designed to be held in the hand, with one's forefinger inside a hole, resting on Button1. This means that it is more difficult to switch from typing to mousing and back again, because it's no longer a matter of lifting up one's hand and resting it on something: you have to stick your finger inside a hole.
Second problem: the version-1 doesn't have a mouse-wheel. I miss my mouse-wheel.
Third problem, an even worse one: while version-2 does have a mouse-wheel, it doesn't have a Button2. Which is worse because there are enough buttons for a Button2, but both the buttons on the top of the version-2 are hardwired to be Button3. This is insanity, and as far as I'm concerned, renders the trackball unusable.
This is really, really annoying.
