Trackball Or Standard Mouse?

Sir_Robin · July 2003

<div class="IPBDescription">just wondering...</div> Hmm, seems like i cant start a poll... <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad.gif'>

that's sad, cuz i wonder who else, and who many are is using trackball <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif'>

Silver_Fox · July 2003

lol, my best friend uses a track ball.

I tried using his computer once to play something ...

I dont think I'm going to touch it again.

p4Samwise · July 2003

Mouse.

You freak. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

GWAR · July 2003

left? the OTHER LEFT!!!

>_<

trackballs are pure hellspawn! I tried using one and it drove me crazy just trying to double click on something...

Big hands + Trackball = Pure Frustration

Dubbilex · July 2003

Track...ball...? WHY!?

It really should be no question: mouse pwns you. HARDCORE. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

<i>In the event that you're using a trackball, there are emergency wastebins to your left (points left) and to your right (points right). If you feel uncomfortable sitting near the wastebin, please ask the stewardess to find you another seat. Please enjoy your game.</i>

RPG_Jssmfulhud · July 2003

I don't know... I've seen many computers with trackballs (including the air control room <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'> ) and it looked like the trackball does a pretty good job, when you get used to it.

Comprox · July 2003

Yah, trackballs are wierd and hard to use at first, but their ease of use and precisness once you get used to them is far superior <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
/me huggles his trackball

Rhuadin · July 2003

You know those touchpads that come with laptops? Well, you can buy a touchpad 'attachment' or something for your computer -- and I know a guy who uses exclusively touchpads for his pointer-manipulation pleasure.

Now, I think he's someone both dyed-in-the-wool mouse and trackball users can laugh at. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

Rhuadin

sekdar · July 2003

optical mouse all the way.

using a trackball in NS is like having your marine gain the maneuverability of a wheelchair.

Comprox · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sekdar @ Jul 24 2003, 02:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> optical mouse all the way.

using a trackball in NS is like having your marine gain the maneuverability of a wheelchair.  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Using a trackball in NS is the only reason I am halfway decent at tge game. Like I said, once you get used to them, they rule, but it takes a while!

Bogglesteinsky · July 2003

dont let venmoch see this

he loves his trackball

as for me, an optical mouse is the best way to go

CForrester · July 2003

I never liked trackball mice. All the ones I've had get so unruly. /me hugs Logitech MX-500.

sekdar · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Comprox @ Jul 24 2003, 04:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (sekdar @ Jul 24 2003, 02:55 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> optical mouse all the way.

using a trackball in NS is like having your marine gain the maneuverability of a wheelchair. </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'>
Using a trackball in NS is the only reason I am halfway decent at tge game. Like I said, once you get used to them, they rule, but it takes a while!  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
i refuse to believe it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

i am on the same side as silver fox here..

Brave_Ulysses · July 2003

I used to work as a Training & Development Officer. We'd teach people jobskills. One time I had a load of disabled people from an organisation called Worklink. Worst thing ever - the organisation had lumped them together because they all had some disability. It soon turned out they had widely differing levels of experience with computers.

One lady had not even touched a computer. She could NOT use a mouse at all so freaked out after a while. I solved the problem by introducing her to a trackball. She liked it and grew proficient with it.

Basically it has its uses, but you need the proper equipment for different styles of gameplay. A sneak-em-up might utilise a trackball better than a Quake-style deathmatch fest.

TychoCelchuuu · July 2003

If you don't have the desk space for a mouse, then by all means, track that ball. Otherwise, I'm sticking with my Wireless Optical MX700, kthnxbye.

Liku · July 2003

Mouse, this isn't even a question.

SpceM0nkey · July 2003

my boss at work uses a trackball.

he is 60 and has the day off because of fluid retention.

This conclusively proves using a trackball is hazardous to your health, but will get you further in life.

Sycophant · July 2003

A friend of mine is a professional graphic designer. He spends hours a day sitting in front of a computer screen, cranking out high-quality graphics.

He's been using a trackball for years, and the stuff he can do with it is astounding (<i>keep your minds out of the gutter!!!</i>). On a good day, he'll tap it once to give it a gentle spin and the cursor will move to <i>precisely</i> the spot he wants it. From <b>one tap</b>!!

It's insane.

Too bad he sucks at FPS games. He'd be a worthy adversary if he had a lick of sense to fire rockets at the feet instead of trying for a headshot. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

That_Annoying_Kid · July 2003

I would say standard mouse

trackballs are usually used when you can't use a mouse due to carpal tunnel/old age or something

SoulSkorpion · July 2003

logitech::OpticalMouse. much better than std::BallMouse. never tried std::TrackBall.

CplDavis · July 2003

In the airforce theyuse the track balls in the onboard computers, for radars and the such,

I hate them. I love my cordless optical mouse. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

Unknown · July 2003

my trackball f*cking died...

'til death did we part.

man, i could nail the most amazing headshots with that thing...

now i'm MEDIOCRE

control is CRAPPY SUX SUX with a regular mouse (not even regular.. infra-red)

STIL SUCKAGE!!! OMFGRTFMSUYFBBQPLZ

Venmoch · July 2003

Trackball all the way.

How many of you who have tried to game with it spent longer than about 4 hours (Rough time it takes to learn it alright)

A trackball is the most precise pointer you can get. Even more so if you get a Logitech Trackball, they are VERY accurate.
You can track a skulk easilly as well as spin 1080 degrees in a second in the readyroom <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

BioHaz · July 2003

Nah, optical Mouse all the way. I luv my mx500 <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'>

Bogglesteinsky · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Venmoch @ Jul 25 2003, 10:46 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Trackball all the way.

How many of you who have tried to game with it spent longer than about 4 hours (Rough time it takes to learn it alright)

A trackball is the most precise pointer you can get. Even more so if you get a Logitech Trackball, they are VERY accurate.
You can track a skulk easilly as well as spin 1080 degrees in a second in the readyroom <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
lol

what did i tell you?

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>dont let venmoch see this

he loves his trackball
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Scythe · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Comprox @ Jul 25 2003, 06:09 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Yah, trackballs are wierd and hard to use at first, but their ease of use and <b>precisness</b> once you get used to them is far superior <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>
/me huggles his trackball  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Evidently trackballs are evil little devices that suck your spelling ability out of your body.

I have a Logitech Optical mouse and it hasn't failed me once. Bloody great for gaming.

The only reason I would get a trackball would be if I got seriously into multiple monitors.

--Scythe--

TychoCelchuuu · July 2003

I'm thinking about grabbing my friend's trackball (he doesn't use it anymore) and playing with it for a few months. See if Venmoch and the rest of the crew are right about these things.

Bogglesteinsky · July 2003

i can imgine they would be good if and when you get the hang of them, but i cba to get the hang of them

TychoCelchuuu · July 2003

</span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (z.x. bogglestiensky @ Jul 26 2003, 11:12 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> i can imgine they would be good if and when you get the hang of them, but i cba to get the hang of them  </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> 
Yeah, well my friend used it for a bunch of months, then just switched to a mouse again. Must be SOMETHING that made him switch.

GWAR · July 2003

My optical mouse is just as accurate as any trackball, Someone else tried using my comp but the extremely high sensitivity on my mouse drove THEM nuts <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif'>

moving my mouse from one side of the mousepad from the other in HL spins me around 3 1/2 times <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'>

sheena_yanai · July 2003

optical trackball... i have a microsoft trackball explorer.. with 5 buttons and a mousewheel....

you dont have to drive around on a mousepad..that saves space...its accurate...fast.. and you dont get exhausted on marathon sessions... and its helluva seksay with this glowing border around the ball..

<img src='http://www.yesky.com/20020903/z293trackball.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>
<img src='http://images.ebid.com.cn/stores/sanyo/prodimg/TrackBallExplorer.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image'>

/me hugs my trackball... i luv it to scare ppls on lanpartys with it <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'> 0MG!!! TR4CKB4LL!!! WE GET PWN3D!!!

Trackball Or Standard Mouse?

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