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Mean ol' Logitech Marble Trackman
Finally figured, after destroying several of them, what it takes to
toughen them up. Several months ago, I also caught one a sale for half off. I have two prime working units. The trackball unit has four click relay buttons, assignable with Logitech software to goes back to mythological ancient history: Pre-XP and XP Logitech software drivers still work on current Marble Trackball iterations. They're paired buttons. On the right-most, the largest surface area and main button;- above and near the center apex, the so-called palm-resting area, is one of the two small buttons, perhaps a 20th the size smaller of the former. Use the software to define *both* these buttons for the Windows main-selection mouse action, whereas on the other and left side, define the larger of the two for the properties-button Windows' assignment. The left smaller button is actually inaccessible, poorly thought-out, for any practical intent and difficult to intuitively locate from finger memory. I'm right handed, but place the Trackball to the left of the keypad, which I found best to accustom myself to this arrangement. That right-most and smaller of the two button, anyway, I suspect may be a sturdier anchor design placement and one less prone to fail tolerances, intermittently to cease to work, as is the case with its counterpoint, the larger-area actuator. Additionally, is to consider, when the smaller does eventually fail, by not using the same-defined larger actuator, at that point, switching to the larger would serve for a secondary and back-up Windows main-selection button. Since I'd formerly replaced mine every year, to two years and hardly more, after the larger indeed did fail, this arrangement promotes to auger twice the possible longevity for continued usage. Any longer, I simply haven't the patience to deal with Logitech, which, after the rigors of automated web services, variously to some extent, is favorably disposed by design to filter some product dissatisfaction. That being said, it is then easily enough determined, having duly followed and dealt from a web-centric Logitech CS, they will regardless compound advantage from return shipping charges the company administers to dissatisfied customers. Other, that is, than to qualifiedly temper this Trackball as the only decent one made in the world that I care to use from a $15US sale, at half off, on the back-up unit I from prior experience am now adamantly anticipating. |
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Mean ol' Logitech Marble Trackman
On Friday, May 24, 2019 at 12:58:23 PM UTC-4, Flasherly wrote:
Other, that is, than to qualifiedly temper this Trackball as the only decent one made in the world that I care to use from a $15US sale, at half off, on the back-up unit I from prior experience am now adamantly anticipating. Wow, a trackball. I tried to use one once, and it was like balancing a bunch of spinning dinner plates. Acrobatics. RL |
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Mean ol' Logitech Marble Trackman
On Fri, 24 May 2019 20:04:10 -0700 (PDT), RayLopez99
wrote: Wow, a trackball. I tried to use one once, and it was like balancing a bunch of spinning dinner plates. Acrobatics. - And that ain't but the half of it. The earlier Logitech software for their Trackball was well-written software compared to their new drivers. Back in "the day", before touch screens, androids, and whatnot. I guess selling a mouse once meant something. That software allows for either right- or left-handed trackball "orientation", which is actually sophisticated. Then comes the finger memory, or the whole "key" to it. It's the same mechanics as playing a musical instrument from a score -- your hands eventually become used to it, to return the correct positions intuitively. Left-handed for a right-hand person means, importantly, (even more with the bigger 101-keyboard), there's less reaching over two sets of a number kaypad and navigational array with the right hand. The left hand falls, as it were, simply and quickest, off of the left side the keyboard and onto the trackball: The very least possible distance at the shortest time for highest efficiency. See how easy that was that you've only two notes now to remember: Note1: Click Enter and Note2: Click Properties. Bon appétit ! |
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