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I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  When I was a kid, I got my hands on a PS/2 Y-adapter and so typed on two keyboards - left hand on one in my desk, left hand on one on a keyboard tray. I don’t know what my typing speed and accuracy were then, but a few years back an entire office of people tried to beat me in a typing test and couldn’t. Since then I’ve taken a typing test on a laptop while sitting in a hotel bed and gotten a score of 158 with, IIRC, 98.2% accuracy. (This was my best score but even since then all of my typing evaluations have gone well.)

  I also use a trackball as exclusively as my environment allows, including while gaming (other than Minecraft). I’m not remotely a pro, but among my peers I tend to score highly in, for example, FPS’.

  I’m not trying to brag; there are many better than I in both categories. The reason I bring these up is to demonstrate that something being the convention doesn’t automatically make it better and something being unfit for your preferences doesn’t make it inferior.

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  • CoffeeBreakfast@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Which trackball? I was looking at them the other day but couldn’t decide

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    • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      My favorite has always been the Kensington Orbit. Probably a lot of people - even those who like Trackballs - would disagree, but I’ve been happily using these for around 25 years. Except in Minecraft.

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      • aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Why are you so vehemently opposed to the use of trackballs in minecraft?

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