Technology trackball versus regular mouse

[masterMood]

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what are the benefits of trackballs to regular mouses? i see the trackballs in stores and they look so weird (they're the moue with the big ball on the base, and you move it around to move the cursor).

the only tihng i see that is good from it is that if you don't have enough desk space to move the mouse then it'd be good, but wouldn't it give you tendinitis if you used it a lot

 

[southerndoc]

what are the benefits of trackballs to regular mouses? i see the trackballs in stores and they look so weird (they're the moue with the big ball on the base, and you move it around to move the cursor).

the only tihng i see that is good from it is that if you don't have enough desk space to move the mouse then it'd be good, but wouldn't it give you tendinitis if you used it a lot

Trackballs are usually more precise than mice.

 

[Iwy Em Hotep]

From my experience in the IT world, trackballs are not good for your wrists. Mice are not much better, so you should avoid mousing for extended periods of time.

 

[Law2Doc]

what are the benefits of trackballs to regular mouses? i see the trackballs in stores and they look so weird (they're the moue with the big ball on the base, and you move it around to move the cursor).

the only tihng i see that is good from it is that if you don't have enough desk space to move the mouse then it'd be good, but wouldn't it give you tendinitis if you used it a lot

For those of us who grew up playing Missile Command on the old Atari machines, trackballs are much quicker and more intuitive. And certainly the desk space and the avoidance of hunting for a decent surface as a mouse pad are eliminated with the track ball. I seriously doubt very many cases of tendonitis are track ball related (if so, you are pressing down way too hard); however I agree with the previous poster who indicated that use of a mouse basically puts the same kind of strain on your wrist at any rate.