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just plug and play. In addition, you want to use a trackball that is "symmetric" so that you can change how you use it in order to "spread the stress".The Kensington trackball has the one of the largest trackballs on the market (I think there is one other one that has a slightly larger ball that is marketed towards children). However, when I started developing pain in my mousing hand, I didn't want to ignore it. These are not significantly better than a mouse because you have shifted the repetitive motion to your thumb.
Plus, I play cello and knit and play piano so I really didn't want a mouse to destroy my ability to do the the things I really love.So I search all the ergonomic websites and they all consistently recommended large trackballs because the larger the ball, the less you are relying on very small movements or only one set of muscles to perform your computer task. I had tried using trackballs before but found them too awkward and difficult to get the fine motor skills. It is also easy to clean -- just lift the ball out and wipe the dust away from the sensors. If you are using this on a computer at work where you don't have admin privileges then you won't be able to take advantage of the full functionality. It is balanced and symmetric so that you can move the ball with different fingers or even different parts of your hand.
It also lasts forever -- I've bought a couple over the years but only because my kids keep swiping mine.There are trackballs that put the trackball where your thumb would go. It would be nice if the mouse used a firmware programming mechanism instead of having to install software on the computer.I really wish that Kensington would make this a wireless device as well. I was only in my early 40s and have to rely on a pointer device to earn a living. Other trackballs put the trackball where your 4th and 5th finger is. The buttons are programmable (if you can install the software) so you can change where your single and double click buttons are to take advantage of the natural strength of your hand.
It is easy to install in its most basic mode. Once again, you have moved the are of your hand that you are going to wear out.My only nitpick is that to take full advantage of the features, you have to install the software drivers. But at this point, I'm just glad I can find this in any form.
I used to have the white 4 button expert trackball - worked for years. Also, Kensington's MouseWorks does work on Windows 7 32-bit if you set it into Windows XP compatibility mode, this fix does not work in 64 bit. This mouse is working flawlessly in Windows 7 64 bit (Read below on how to get it working in Win 7 - 64 Bit).
I started to get wrist pains so I looked into getting a trackball again. some games the camera control is a bit slow so I had to really bump up the sensitivity).If you do a quick google search on Kensington Trackball for Windows Vista or Windows 7 you'll find many people have a solution to be able to use this mouse on Vista/7.Please follow the link to get the mouse driver working. One day the PS/2 connection stopped working and the mouse was having some issues so I went to a standard 2 button optical mouse.
I have no issues at all with browsing, CADing, gaming (Crysis, Batman AA, Assassin's Creed, Splinter Cell, Half Life 2, etc. I found this trackball very similar to my old trackball with the addition of a scroll ring. I am very happy with the product.
[.].You can program all the buttons with X-Mouse button control. But you don't need Mouse Works anymore once you have X-Mouse button control.
With the trackball I am am now so used to the effort it takes to move a certain distance that I can move from one end to the other by simply flicking the ball. I was a little nervous about switching to a track ball because of the amount of screen real-estate that I need to move across. the pointer is near where I want it before I can turn my head to and focus on what I want to click on.On top of this ease of use, I really love the scroll ring. I have 3x22" monitors running a resolution of 1680x1050 and I thought I might have to scroll a lot in order to get from one end to the other. In reality, once I installed the mouseworks software so that I could adjust the acceleration, it's faster to move the pointer from one end to the other than it ever was with my mouse because it wold inevitably have to pick it up and drag it if I was crossing from one edge to the other of my desktop. I find that I also tend to flick that as well to scroll all the way up to the top of the page. All in all very happy that I bought it.Matthew Purdon
I tried it and tossed it away and bought a simple $5 beanbag wrist rest for trackballers. As for the scroll ring, I like the way it works. The pad is useless, I think. I'm very pleased with this trackball. It's free and installs easily. The ball is so precise and smooth.
It's anything but.
It's so comfortable and leaves my hand in just the right position.
I wouldn't change anything about it.The Kensington web site is useless.
I'd never tried one before but wrist and arm pain drove me to experiment.
It gives you feedback, that's all.
(It's the one that's shaped like a fat C; I bought it here at Amazon).
It made everything feel just right.I don't know why people say it's scratchy.
I had to get the version of Mouseworks that works with Snow Leopard by googling it.
With the software I was able to adjust every last thing about the trackball.In all, I'm completely pleased.
I have used the Kensington trackball mouse for about a month now and my symptoms are nearly gone. I have had a repetitive motion injury (tennis elbow) for the past 3 months. I had an ergonomic evaluation from a PhD in ergonomics and they recommended that I get a trackball mouse to help address this problem. It was hard to get used to at first but now I love the trackball. I highly recommend this mouse.
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