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It took me a while to find a mouse I was happy with, but now that Razer required me to update my _mouse driver_ for GDPR compliance, I am thinking about switching to this. In general, I like my hardware to come with as little software as possible.
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I use a trackball in my right hand. I use a trackball as it's more ergonomic, and I've had wrist pain in the past from using a mouse. I use my right hand because the oppressive burden of living in a rightie dominated world has made me somewhat ambidextrous. I switch to a mouse in my left-hand for the occasional times I'm gaming. My last two trackballs have been imports from Japan. Apparently somebody claims a patent…
Any tips on Japanese models, and where to buy them?
It took me a while to find a mouse I was happy with, but now that Razer required me to update my _mouse driver_ for GDPR compliance, I am thinking about switching to this. In general, I like my hardware to come with as little software as possible.
Why the hell one needs a vendor-provided device driver for a mouse?!
This is great, but I really wish they'd bring back the "Wheel Mouse Optical" - it is symmetric which is good if you're ambidextrous or share with left handers, and more importantly it doesn't have those annoying side buttons. Still I'm glad Microsoft realised there was a lot of demand for this.
I used the Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical for years until I discovered the SteelSeries Sensei. It is a gaming brand, which means you will have useless lights on it but it still has the symmetric design like the IntelliMouse and has additional buttons on each side that can be remapped with the (not soooo bad) driver software. Tangential, but I can't understand how left handers can be neglected by peripheral hardware m…
Its a shame there aren't more left-handed mouses developed, but the market isn't nearly as big as right handed mouses.
But seriously, I know left handers are only 10% of the population, but I'm sick of being left behind, no pun intended. I've been using the Razer Deathadder for years and it's served me well. Well, the ergonomics for that matter anyway. Some of the choices with the structure are questionable at best.
On the inside the mouse is split into two circuit boards and soldered with the cheapest ribbon cable available. The shaft on the scroll wheel is made out of acrylic and while it lets light through for the underlighting pretty well, it's complete crap when durability comes into play. I admittedly get a little heated when playing, but I swear that thing will break just by looking at it. Additionally the switches on the mouse are acceptable at best. After about a year the switches wear out and become squishy.
At this point I'm possibly looking at re-engineering the internals. I have to buy one nearly every year just because they wear out.
It took me a while to find a mouse I was happy with, but now that Razer required me to update my _mouse driver_ for GDPR compliance, I am thinking about switching to this. In general, I like my hardware to come with as little software as possible.
Why the hell one needs a vendor-provided device driver for a mouse?!
Has anyone tried this yet? The reviews on Amazon say it's ok, but bad for gaming.
I wish they'd bring back the Microsoft Trackball Explorer - the button switches on mine eventually wore out. This had five buttons - left, right, scroll-click, forward, back (all programmable). https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=microsoft%20trackball%2... Question for the lefties: what kind of pointing device do you prefer? Mouse? Touchpad? Do you prefer to swap L&R clicks when you use other people's computers?
I'm a leftie but started on mice in the 90s with my right hand, so I never had to relearn. I used the Microsoft Trackball Explorer for a decade. I'm many years into the Logitech Cordless TrackMan Optical, but mine is starting to have problems. Every couple of months I look for the "next thing" but didn't know there's a patent on trackballs preventing production. Heartbreaking.