Re: [slug-chat] Trackballs....

[Terry Collins <terryc@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Steven downing wrote:
> 
> Any Sluggers out there got a good recomendation for a GOOD
> desktop trackball, and not not of these poxy thumb controlled ones.

Go for a stroll around Games Wizard, they seem to have piles of these.
And go to a good chiropractor (sp?) for some thumb work, or Bowen
Therapist.

> Preferably USB and minimum of three buttons.
> As background it will be used with CAD, so something
> fairly precise is the order of the day...

In trackballs?  The whole interface has been a dodgy mess since day one.

If you want accuracy, 18"x12" digitizing tablet is the way to go, map it
to the screen - then tell me what you did. {:-).


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