Great trackball! Better than any mouse in my case, and very programmable.
I'm impressed! I still have a Microsoft Trackball Explorer I bought at a 'Office Everything' store. That thing was remarkable, fit me like another hand. It's had its day, still works, badly…
Now that I'm old with arthritis and nerve problems, mousii are hard to use accurately. So I thought of fixing the old MS ball. I found a used one with a bad button, but at looking for it, I saw these Elecom Huge balls. Had to try it!
This is so close to being as good as the MS ball as can be, and has much better features! I guess there are 8 buttons, plus the scroll wheel does 5 programmable things, it seems. The MS ball has 4 buttons and a regular scroll wheel. I rearranged the buttons just a little for my hand, and it felt perfectly natural in less than 10 minutes. Same as the MS ball. Since the first and/or second finger rolls the ball, my movements are smooth, and my painful thumb (?) feels great on the buttons.
Yes, it is literally Huge, takes up more space than a mouse, weighs more too. Thing is, it just sits where you like it, in one place, and mouse pads are null. The actual ball is larger than others, too. It is more accurate, I think.
The only drawbacks for me are the shape, for one. Not a big deal at all, but the back end where the bottom of my palm rests, drops off for about a half inch. If it smoothly tapered off to desk level I would find it more comfortable. I don't notice it when I'm working with it, much at all. The only other problem is there is no model for lefties. Means nothing to me, but I'm an all-inclusive kind of guy!
This Huge is wonderful! The website and software challenge your thinkum-dinkum a bit. It's all in Japanese, but my browser translates it enough to understand what to do. The software has an English version, it's odd the way it switches over, but I had no trouble. All in all, I just hope it lasts forever, or as long as the MS one! Love it!Read full review
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