cmnybo ( @cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ) English12•5 months agoI still use a mouse with my laptops. The button-less track pads are junk. Most programs are not optimized for touchscreen use and I don’t want fingerprints all over my screen anyways. The Thinkpad trackpoints are OK, but they are not usable in CAD software that needs 3 buttons and a scroll wheel to navigate.
library_napper ( @library_napper@monyet.cc ) 2•5 months agoFreeCAD has a navigation method specifically for trackpads
thejevans ( @thejevans@lemmy.ml ) 8•5 months agoThe mouse was never the best tool for a lot of computing jobs, it was just what caught on.
I still primarily use my computers as a desktop, and I don’t like it when software requires me to reach over to my pointing device. When it does, the majority of the time I reach for a trackball which is far more comfortable.
After dabbling with tiling windows managers in Linux some years ago, I came to realize that pointing devices are often the slow way to do things.
The main thing I want a pointing device for these days is for scrolling through documents and web pages, and the vast majority of mice are just bad at that. Precision scrolling is only available on a handful of mice, and its niche enough that consistent software implementation is just not a thing.
I’ll still keep a mouse on hand for playing the occasional video game that works better with one, but that’s not really how I like to play games usually.
nocturne ( @nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ) 7•5 months agoBack in something like 2003 the computer I had at work had a trackball instead of a mouse. I hated it, until I finally replaced it with mouse and found myself really missing my trackball. Still use them 20+ years later.
terminhell ( @terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 2•5 months agoMy wife still only uses Logitech track ball mice on her desktop. On the rare occasion I need to use her oc for something, it’s always an interesting time haha. Only takes about 10 seconds to be ‘calibrared’ to it now.
Papamousse ( @Frederic@beehaw.org ) 1•5 months agoI’m also using a trackball, it was Logitech ones and now a Sanwa Gravi
nocturne ( @nokturne213@sopuli.xyz ) 2•5 months agoI started with Logitech, now I use Elecom.
Lemmy_2019 ( @Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one ) 2•5 months agoI’ve been on a Penny & Giles for over 10 years. Couldn’t compute without it.
Papamousse ( @Frederic@beehaw.org ) 1•5 months agonice one :)
Magnus Åhall ( @magnus@lemmy.ahall.se ) 1•5 months agoBeen using the Kensington Expert Wireless a couple of years now.
lnxtx ( @lnxtx@feddit.nl ) English4•5 months agoI’m too sensitive for a trackpad. I hate touchscreens.
Look, early Android phones had a tiny trackballs, some buttons and even physical keyboard.
Who wants a stylus?
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PeepinGoodArgs ( @PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com ) English5•5 months agoI miss the physical keyboard of my first phone. It was so cool! I filled flipped out open and turned out horizontal to thumb type.
It was really hard moving to a virtual keyboard. Swype helps but it also make a ton of mistakes too.
Magnus Åhall ( @magnus@lemmy.ahall.se ) 1•5 months agoMy go to smartphone keyboard is MessagEase. A few larger buttons instead of many small. You can get quite fast on it, and larger buttons means fewer mistakes.