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geekhack Community => Input Devices => Topic started by: msiegel on Thu, 19 November 2009, 15:18:29

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: msiegel on Thu, 19 November 2009, 15:18:29

does anyone make a small trackball that has detentes, like on many scrollwheels?

i was thinking it might be useful for text cursor control, instead of arrow keys :)

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 19 November 2009, 15:24:02

I don't know why I read the title as "trackball with diabetes." I guess that wouldn't be all that sweet.
 
Don't laugh at that. If you do, you're just being saccharin.

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: msiegel on Thu, 19 November 2009, 15:26:37

:)

hmm... actually, maybe two small scroll wheels would be even better...

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 19 November 2009, 15:29:31

You could try to find pitching machine balls if you have a larger trackball.  They look like big golf balls.  If you have a smaller trackball, you may want to just see if a golf ball would fit.

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 19 November 2009, 15:31:03

This (http://www.amazon.com/ATEC-Pitching-Machine-Balls-Dozen/dp/B000XY0FO4) is what I am talking about:
 
(http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31RkuwVEuiL._SL500_AA280_.jpg)

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 19 November 2009, 15:44:06

I wonder if Wilford has ever smiled.  Even the Quaker on the Quaker Oats container smiles.

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: msiegel on Thu, 19 November 2009, 16:17:29

come to think of it, doesn't the mighty mouse have detentes?

i'm still leaning toward dual scroll wheels though :)

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: itlnstln on Thu, 19 November 2009, 16:19:51

A Logitech mouse with a tilt-wheel might be right up your alley.  I don't know which model has one these days.  My old MX1000 has one.

Title: trackball with detentes?
Post by: timw4mail on Fri, 20 November 2009, 07:31:21

Quote from: msiegel;134225

come to think of it, doesn't the mighty mouse have detentes?

i'm still leaning toward dual scroll wheels though :)

Um, no, it just has a free-rolling scroll ball.