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title: "Elecom HUGE Trackball"
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date: 2021-09-17T10:27:39-04:00
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categories: [input hardware, elecom]
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tags: [trackball, black]
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draft: true
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---
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![Elecom HUGE Trackball [Black, Red]](/images/fujitsupfuhhkbpro2stock.jpg)
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I wasn't born using a trackball. It was something I had to learn to become
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proficient with, and the first week of using it after a lifetime of using a
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traditional mouse was very frustrating, but now that I've gotten back up to
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my typical first-person shooter ability, (which, admittedly, was never very
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strong, but at least now I don't feel like I can "blame the controller,") I
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actually feel liberated. I no longer need a significant amount of desk space
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to operate a pointing device with comfort and accuracy.
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I've always liked laptop solutions for pointing devices; before the trackpad,
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I am very familliar with IBM's "trackpoint," and heavily considered buying a
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TEX Yoda or Shinobi, but ultimately decided against it because I didn't want
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my pointer to be physically tied to a Cherry-MX style keyboard.
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Admittedly, I am not big fan of the trackpoint's successor, the trackpad; I
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always find myself running out of pad while trying to click and drag an item
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across the screen. I even tried out Apple's external "Magic Trackpad"
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accessory, which did somewhat mitigate the problem with its larger surface
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area, but not eliminate it completely.
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I bought this because I wanted an index finger trackball instead of a thumb
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trackball, which are much more prevalent in the trackball market. It ships
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with far more buttons and features than I actually needed, but this seems to
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be one of the only wired index finger trackballs with a larger navigation
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sphere.
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My only gripe with trackballs is that inevitably, with use, the dead skin
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cells that would normally build-up on a traditional mouse's buttons is now
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deposited onto the bearings that keep the artificial ruby orb turning
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smoothly, making regular cleaning a necessity for continuous operation as
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opposed to just not looking like a slob.
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