friends-of-mineral-town/drafts/ElecomHugeTrackball.md

---
title: "Elecom HUGE Trackball"
date: 2021-09-17T10:27:39-04:00
categories: [input hardware, elecom]
tags: [trackball, black]
draft: true
---

![Elecom HUGE Trackball [Black, Red]](/images/fujitsupfuhhkbpro2stock.jpg)

I wasn't born using a trackball. It was something I had to learn to become 
proficient with, and the first week of using it after a lifetime of using a  
traditional mouse was very frustrating, but now that I've gotten back up to 
my typical first-person shooter ability, (which, admittedly, was never very 
strong, but at least now I don't feel like I can "blame the controller,") I 
actually feel liberated. I no longer need a significant amount of desk space 
to operate a pointing device with comfort and accuracy.

I've always liked laptop solutions for pointing devices; before the trackpad, 
I am very familliar with IBM's "trackpoint," and heavily considered buying a 
TEX Yoda or Shinobi, but ultimately decided against it because I didn't want 
my pointer to be physically tied to a Cherry-MX style keyboard. 

Admittedly, I am not big fan of the trackpoint's successor, the trackpad; I 
always find myself running out of pad while trying to click and drag an item 
across the screen. I even tried out Apple's external "Magic Trackpad" 
accessory, which did somewhat mitigate the problem with its larger surface 
area, but not eliminate it completely.

I bought this because I wanted an index finger trackball instead of a thumb  
trackball, which are much more prevalent in the trackball market. It ships 
with far more buttons and features than I actually needed, but this seems to 
be one of the only wired index finger trackballs with a larger navigation 
sphere.

My only gripe with trackballs is that inevitably, with use, the dead skin 
cells that would normally build-up on a traditional mouse's buttons is now 
deposited onto the bearings that keep the artificial ruby orb turning 
smoothly, making regular cleaning a necessity for continuous operation as 
opposed to just not looking like a slob.
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			`title: "Elecom HUGE Trackball"`
			`date: 2021-09-17T10:27:39-04:00`
			`categories: [input hardware, elecom]`
			`tags: [trackball, black]`
			`draft: true`
			`---`

			`![Elecom HUGE Trackball [Black, Red]](/images/fujitsupfuhhkbpro2stock.jpg)`

			`I wasn't born using a trackball. It was something I had to learn to become`
			`proficient with, and the first week of using it after a lifetime of using a`
			`traditional mouse was very frustrating, but now that I've gotten back up to`
			`my typical first-person shooter ability, (which, admittedly, was never very`
			`strong, but at least now I don't feel like I can "blame the controller,") I`
			`actually feel liberated. I no longer need a significant amount of desk space`
			`to operate a pointing device with comfort and accuracy.`

			`I've always liked laptop solutions for pointing devices; before the trackpad,`
			`I am very familliar with IBM's "trackpoint," and heavily considered buying a`
			`TEX Yoda or Shinobi, but ultimately decided against it because I didn't want`
			`my pointer to be physically tied to a Cherry-MX style keyboard.`

			`Admittedly, I am not big fan of the trackpoint's successor, the trackpad; I`
			`always find myself running out of pad while trying to click and drag an item`
			`across the screen. I even tried out Apple's external "Magic Trackpad"`
			`accessory, which did somewhat mitigate the problem with its larger surface`
			`area, but not eliminate it completely.`

			`I bought this because I wanted an index finger trackball instead of a thumb`
			`trackball, which are much more prevalent in the trackball market. It ships`
			`with far more buttons and features than I actually needed, but this seems to`
			`be one of the only wired index finger trackballs with a larger navigation`
			`sphere.`

			`My only gripe with trackballs is that inevitably, with use, the dead skin`
			`cells that would normally build-up on a traditional mouse's buttons is now`
			`deposited onto the bearings that keep the artificial ruby orb turning`
			`smoothly, making regular cleaning a necessity for continuous operation as`
			`opposed to just not looking like a slob.`