Monday, April 11, 2011

Re: Trackball Mouse

I've used the Logitech Trackball Mouse for a while now, so I figured it was time to give it another review.

Overall, the mouse is an easy to use mouse with an easy learning curve. The only tricky operation I found was to drag stuff around. To do drag and drops successfully consistently took some time to master, but it wasn't a big deal and it got easier once you got more accustomed to the track ball. I’ve had no problems with it doing drawings on CAD.

It’s a true plug and play with no software installation required (I’m using it on the company computer and I don’t have privileges to install stuff). Smooth integration between software and hardware (the computer doesn’t notice a difference between which mice I’m using as far as I can tell).

The new mouse did indeed take stress off my wrist. However, my wrist would still hurt occasionally if I’ve been working non-stop with it. That, I believe, is just muscle fatigue from too much usage rather than strain due to improper support and posture.

The mouse is a decently large size, and thus does provide support for the palm and wrist area. However, I only have medium sized hands (so my dish-washing rubber gloves say), and that fact might not hold true with users with larger hands.

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