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Does it work better than a trackball (thinking of the Kensington ones) in that respect ?
by makeitdouble 4mo ago
Does it work better than a trackball (thinking of the Kensington ones) in that respect ?
- 1attice 4mo agoDepends on the disability. Not a homogenous group. "Work better" for whom?
- willwade 4mo agoI’ve provided a lot of different of the balls. Last one was for someone in bed and needed to control the whole pc with his chin. We adapted the base to fit on a mount. Other uses for people with ALS with reduced hand function - altered the ball shape to hold the hand.
- makeitdouble 4mo agoYes. Then I couldn't come up with a case where the trackpoint would work great but not a trackball. Probably my lack of imagination, the article is about desk setup, and while you can move a trackball with basically anything that has friction, a trackpoint is a lot smaller and finicky. A joystick could be a better version if we're thinking adaptive input.
- willwade 4mo agoUse those a lot to (always try and focus off the shelf first). But for cases where we need to position differently we often need something custom
- makeitdouble 4mo agoThanks! About off the shelf but customizable, slightly off topic, but Keychron is producing one of the smaller trackballs with full button mapping management: https://keychron.co.jp/pages/nape-pro https://keychron.co.jp/pages/nape-pro Anyone wanting one that could fit anywhere on any side of a keyboard could be interested.