The Huge Plus, as the name suggests, features a super-sized 52mm trackball paired with high-performance bearings from ...

Using a computer mouse day after day can be a bit cramp-inducing, so to help take the strain off Logitech is launching the MX Ergo, its first trackball in years. The device has been refined from ...

I have had a preference for trackballs over mice as pointing devices for a very long time. When I recently made an attempt to clean out a storage room in my house, I was confronted with evidence of ...

In context: Trackballs, once more prevalent in professional and enthusiast computing circles, have long occupied a specialized corner of the mouse market. Their form factor is valued for ergonomic and ...

The computer mouse as we know it has been around since the 1960s, although it’s gone through some major changes including the move from using a ball to track motion to using optical or laser ...

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For the trackball faithful, the Ergo TB550 might elicit visions of the Logitech Ergo M575 or the Logitech MX Ergo, but it comes with a hearty 45-degree tilt that gives the mouse a feel unique among ...

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Like many ergonomic products, trackballs are an acquired taste—often, acquired by sheer painful necessity. It can feel strange to switch from using a mouse, which feels like an extension of your arm, ...

While a traditional computer mouse is fairly simple and intuitive to use, it does have its drawbacks. For instance, if you don’t have a lot of desk space, you can repeatedly run out of room. With a ...

A trackball? In 2009? Indeed, Kensington is going retro with a new design that they claim is the first to “allow users to navigate and manipulate digital content through the ball itself.” With all ...