With its big rolypoly ball and huge hand rest, the venerable trackball mouse looks like a holdover from 1996. Or maybe 1946—that’s the first time a trackball was used as an input device in a computer.

Touchpads and trackballs are both viable alternatives to a mouse, allowing users to manipulate an onscreen cursor intuitively and accurately. However, trackballs are a comparatively rare sight on both ...

Computer mice are silent killers. For years I struggled with wrist pain, elbow pain, and shoulder pain, and I staved it off with stretches, exercises, ergonomic changes, and what have you—but it ...

Roughly a decade ago my career as a journalist took a turn when I started noticing sharp, shooting pains in my hands and wrists after a day at the computer. Thus began my quest for a pain-free ...

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We’ll be honest. When we first heard about a mouse, we weren’t convinced. The argument was that business people weren’t familiar with computers. That didn’t ring true since every business person in ...

Logitech's mice, including the TrackMan Marble and the M750, feature a trackball that enables you to navigate with your finger instead of your hand and wrist. Rolling the trackball with a finger moves ...

Oh sure, Amazon can deliver any number of Logitech peripherals to your door in 48 hours, but where’s the fun in that? With open source hardware (OSHW) input devices like the Ploopy Adept Trackball, ...

The last time I used a trackball, it was one of those weird models that had a big ball in the middle, with mouse buttons to either side. That's not exactly conducive to gaming unless you're playing ...

For decades, the standard set of tools for computing has been more or less set in stone. When you sit at a desk, you use a keyboard for typing in words and you use a mouse to point and click things.

The Nano 2 has an upgraded sensor, a USB-C port, and a single button you can customize to do what you want. The Nano 2 has an upgraded sensor, a USB-C port, and a single button you can customize to ...

There’s no telling what you’ll find on eBay—like an old keyboard and trackball originally dedicated to firing off nuclear missiles. As detailed Tuesday by YouTube channel Pointless Tinkering, an ...