Mouse?
- Started 15 years ago
- Last post 9 months ago
- 33 Responses
- fodcj
I am considering changing my regular Mac mouse for a Logitech Trackball one.
Do any other designers on here use one of these and how does it compare for web design, print design and photoshop work etc? Also, which is the best?
- ********0
looks hideous
- Peter0
> which is the best?
Whichever, whatever, you work best with.
Try on a wacom tablet.
They come in black now, which is pretty exciting.
- benfal990
wow, i would never be able to work with a trackball for sure.
- pango0
i've seen ridiculous micro joystick to replace the track-pad on laptop. it was in the late 90s. but trackball... never...
- ********0
As long as the mouse works and has a scroll wheel thats usually enough for me
- I'm using some shitty old hp one in this office today and hadnt even thought about it until seeing this thread********
- I'm using some shitty old hp one in this office today and hadnt even thought about it until seeing this thread
- stewdio1
Years ago I had a PS/2 Logitech TrackMan Marble Wheel. (That's a lot of branding words just to say "thumb-ball mouse.") It was ugly and totally not portable. But it was the best and most comfortable mouse I've ever used. Super accurate. Never have to bend your wrist or move the actual mouse.
- stewdio0
@fodcj. I stopped using Desktops. Been exclusively on laptops since 2004. Portability has been a biggie for me, so I can't drag along anything bulky. And the newer USB and wireless versions of that TrackMan mouse didn't have the right weight / curves for my hand. It didn't feel right.
Right now I'm using an Apple Magic Mouse. I have to say that when it works it's really great. So much control in such a sleek form. And it's super portable. But when it doesn't work (which is a lot) it sucks enough to make me want to throw it across the room to watch it smash against a wall. If it constantly confuses left-click with right-click and randomly scrolls or zooms while I'm doing detail work in Illustrator it can't really be called "Magic" can it?
- PIZZA0
There is a good reason why barely anyone makes trackballs anymore.
- Ruffian0
The best mouse I've ever used and sill use.
Plus the model number is a win: BJ69
- ~6 years and still going strongRuffian
- i have that at home********
- I have one of them in my Attic********
- Yeah me too, good mouseItalianStallion
- +1pango
- it works!pango
- zombee0
Personally I'd go for one of these:
- ********0
This is great - I like it a lot ... Logitech v470.
- i use this with my macbook, its ok but doesn't work with the imac, tracking is too fast regardless of settings********
- I use it on windows + linux and it works well.********
- yea it works nicely on me macb00kz********
- i use this with my macbook, its ok but doesn't work with the imac, tracking is too fast regardless of settings
- bulletfactory0
I use a magic mouse and have to agree with stewdio - It's totally awesome (magic prefs is a must if you have one) but when I'm in illy or ps I am constantly accidentally zooming to 96.7% or something random like that when my middle finger grazes the surface.
- quack0
@cuntish, what looks hideous? form following function or the red ball?
- red ball is a bit 'snake skin'-tacky .. maybe that's it?********
- lol @ cuntish ... I think that every time I read his user namemonospaced
- red ball is a bit 'snake skin'-tacky .. maybe that's it?
- ********0
it is fucking hideous, looks like some sort of alien bio-tech nastiness.
- ever used one? it's more comfortable/ergo than traditional mouse designquack
- I've never seen alien bio-tech nastiness, so I wouldn't be able to comparemonospaced
- duckofrubber0
I use this:
- Sandder0
Funny, i misread that as saying: Mousse ( as in Mousse au chocolat)
I was hoping for some recepies.
- shapesalad2
So I've got a cheap standard mouse, with a middle button. On a Mac. Prefs: mouse... absolutely no ability to configure a middle mouse button.
Any ideas? I had used magic prefs a few years ago... apparently doesn't work now: http://magicprefs.com
Innovation...
- http://plentycom.jp/…
https://folivora.ai/…
?ideaist - switch to PC?OBBTKN
- switch to pc. Or maybe I can use the apple credit card as a mouse...shapesalad
- I've never used Apple mice (or keyboards) on Macs. What's the problem? Middle button works fine for me.section_014
- ^^@ideaist - BetterTouchTool FTW. middle mouse button assigning and so much moreakiersky
- try logitech or microsoft osx mouse drivers, software...might also work with any standard mouse.uan
- I used to Magic mouse but it lagged terribly... office's wifi interference?! I'm back to a cheap standard wired mouse. I miss side scroll. Suggestions?misterhow
- get any logitech mousemonospaced
- The Logitech M705 is greatatomholc
- @misterhow:
https://www.lifewire…Gnash - 12 years without mouse. 100% intuos.maquito
- http://plentycom.jp/…
- shapesalad-3
I switched back from Apple Magic mouse to the classic:
So much better in Logic Pro, no more oversensitive scrolling. More accurate direction scrolling. And wired! = no more recharging.
- Enjoy cleaning your ball********
- Has Apple ever made a good mouse. This one is miserable. Remember the round ones that came with the first iMacs? Third party grips for those sold like crazy.CyBrainX
- Enjoy cleaning your ball
- CyBrainX0
^ This is a joke, right? Apple never made a good mouse in their history. The Magic Mouse was a sloppy mess. One wrong move and you're zoomed in 6400%. The pebble mouse in the above photo was amazingly bad. You'd have to try to clean out that scroll pebble every few weeks and they were jittery even after cleaning. Before that they were all one button. There was the round one that was so hard to orient when you grabbed it they started selling a plastic extension to hold it better. One failure after another.