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Submitted ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Justas@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨[deleted]⁩

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  • banneryear1868@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    A cautionary tale if you’re considering.

    Years ago someone left my employer abruptly, and on their desk was left a fancy vertical mouse. It sat there for a few days, ans I kept glancing over, at first ambivalent, but as time passed the temptation increased. I debated the dilemma of becoming a vertical mouse person, was that really for me? Eventually I succumbed and thought hey it’s worth a try, see what it’s like to be one of them… pure learning opportunity…

    Then something happened… I got used to it in about a half hour and in the first day my precision improved. A sudden urge came over me to tell all my coworkers, was I really becoming one of those people so fast? Trying to resist was futile and within a couple days I became a vertical mouse person, always wanting to tell everyone how great they’re, constantly resisting the urge. I forgot what life was like with a horizontal mouse, and I never looked back.

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    • doctorcrimson@lemmy.today ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      That wasn’t cautionary at all it’s just a fucking advert.

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      • DeVaolleysAdVocate@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        hail vertical mouse corporate

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      • banneryear1868@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        ;)

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    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The Linux of mice

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  • OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Trackball gang represent

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    • Uranium3006@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      real mice have balls

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      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Have ball

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    • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      All hail trackballs ٩( ᐛ )و

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    • blomvik@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Any recommendations? I had to swap out my Microsoft Trackball Explorer as it didn’t keep up any more.

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      • beefsquatch@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ploopy Classic, it’s a modern version of that. Open source software (QMK) and hardware

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      • OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve been using Kensington Orbit (with scroll) and it’s been great.

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      • DM_Gold@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Recently picked up the Kingsenton Slimblade Pro. Love it.

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    • slampisko@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      CST L-Trac enjoyer reporting in! Come to our party, we have custom 3D printed tents and custom additional programmable buttons!

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      • clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        What is a tent in this context?

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    • DAMunzy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I clean mine every 3-7 days. Some times it gathers cat hair (I assume) faster than others.

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  • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thumball with 3D printed vertical stand yes I got asked about it a lot

    Image

    Image

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    • crazyCat@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m getting proud parent vibes from your creation.

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    • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have that same mouse for work stuff. Care to share the model for printing?

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      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah np

        www.thingiverse.com/thing:2684322

        You’ll need some kind of grippy stuff on bottom. I used an adhesive rubber mat like this a.co/d/g8UqtfV and cut it out or those little stick on rubber feet might work.

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  • GombeenSysadmin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As an IT support person, the problem I have with these mice is that the left mouse button is also on the vertical. So when heavy-handed users click on a file in explorer, they also slightly drag down, so the file “disappears” into a folder, and now it’s a support ticket to get the file restored.

    Sigh.

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    • Smoogs@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I was remembering just now I used to have one but I gave up on it almost immediately after using irl Thanks for reminding me why I quickly moved on from vertical mouse.

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    • reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I feel sick to my stomach thinking back to my IT help desk days.

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  • Magnetar@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They are great, but I have two issues with my left handed one:

    • Right handed people just cannot use it, I can’t just give someone else my mouse for a minute.
    • For some stupid reason, the left and right mouse button are switched, so now I have to switch it back in software, so now the buttons on my laptop touchpad are switched.
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    • HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The IT manager at my previous job used this as a security feature. People thought that because he was the IT manager he could just get another mouse, so they’d just take his when they left their mouse at home and never return it. So he got a left handed vertical mouse even though he is right handed. Nobody steals his mouse now because it is vertical and cannot be used in the right hand.

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      • SeedyOne@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        We had a guy learn Dvorak specifically so no one could take his keyboard. Madman or brilliant?

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      • joel_feila@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As a left handed mouse user i wouls steal it fir shits and giggles

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    • boringbisexual@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve got a left handed mouse with switched buttons. I’m so used to it now that it takes a good 5 seconds for me to figure out how a normal mouse works.

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      • Magnetar@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve used the standard button layout of a right handed mouse all my life, I’m not suddenly switching now.

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    i find these WAY more painful to use than a normal mouse, it puts all my weight on that hemispherical bit in the wrist and the angle is just slightly off being the neutral position for my hand so it’s instead constantly putting stress on the arm…

    i want one that’s just slightly more tilted than a normal mouse.

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    • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My Logitech MX Master 2 has a decent amount of angle without being vertical, maybe something like that is what you’re looking for?

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      • chiliedogg@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        MX Master is my favorite mouse line by far. Amazing scroll wheel, side scroll wheel, good angle and buttons, and can swap between 3 computers.

        I have my Master 3 set up for my work pc, my Surface, and my editing computer.

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      • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        that does look good!

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    • Justas@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You could also use one of those silicone mouse pads.

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    • beefcat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They’re also SOOOO HEAVY, though maybe I’ve been spoiled by my G Pro Superlight.

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    • Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I use this at work because I have a standing desk and was getting wrist pains. Forcing my hand to tilt also forces

      It’s a shit mouse on purpose.

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      • Dud@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You uh, want to finish that middle sentence?

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  • johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Trackball gang.

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    • pufferfisherpowder@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mx Ergo, best of both worlds

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    • Thrashy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have a couple friends that play PC games on old-school Trackman trackballs. The amount of griping when we play a game with something bound by default to the mousewheel is INCREDIBLE.

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      • beefcat@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That’s like using a Dvorak keyboard and complaining that games default to WASD bindings. This is the exact reason why key remapping is a standard feature on PC games but not on consoles

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      • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ve always been curious about this. Do they play FPS games by chance? If so, how’s their aim compared to a traditional mouse? I’ve always had this intuition that it would be easier to aim with a trackball, but I’ve never gotten one to see for myself.

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    • MTK@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Came here to say that

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  • Ozy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I need me a Logitech G502 hero equivalent but vertical, no way I’m giving up all these extra quick buttons

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    • sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Really love the feel of my Logitech G pro tbh. Super clicky, light, and smooth. The texture of the material is great too.

      It’s not at all ergonomic bc it is an ambidextrous design but it hasn’t bothered my yet and I use my PC way more than I should.

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    • VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not sure I want completely vertical on a 502 variant, but angled maybe 30 degrees from where it is and the thumb buttons moved back a hair would be my ideal mouse.

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    • Heavybell@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m with you, that or a g903 equivalent. But it has to have Lightning and Powerplay support.

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  • Sinistar@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    trackball gang trackball gang trackball gang

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    • harmsy@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Touchpad keyboard gang. Image

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      • ItsMeSpez@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        If there were a modern version of this with a multi-touch trackpad I might actually consider this.

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    • LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I just bought a trackball but it has intolerable sticktion.

      Trackball gang is a lie!

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      • bluewing@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Brand new trackballs can sometimes have some stick-slip. But they “wear in before they wear out” with use. Popping the ball out and cleaning it with warm soapy water and a rinse helps a lot. And whenever the ball feels sticky a wash is in order.

        My current Logi tech ball mouse had a tiny defect in the ball that a minute’s worth of 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper fixed. It’s now rolls like it’s running on air bearings.

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      • Sinistar@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Have you tried cleaning it? If not that sucks, I have a gameball and it’s smooth as ice.

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      • phobiac@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You just have a bad trackball. My Kensington Expert glides smooth.

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    • And009@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I use joystick

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  • Lath@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    When a mouse and a joystick love each other very much, this is the end result.

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  • BallShapedMan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Image

    Okay, now what?

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    • MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Vertical keyboard

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      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I hate how mechanical keyboards set ergonomics back 30 years.

        Instead of starting with the great ergonomic layouts of MS Natural etc and adding superior switches, mechanical keyboard manufacturers went back to the 1970’s with super flat designs.

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  • Dehydrated@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even better, join the trackball gang

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    • mipadaitu@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tried so hard, couldn’t do it, used them exclusively for weeks and it just always felt awkward.

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    • Sinistar@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Trackballs are the most cultured choice, although I wish I could buy one that’s huge like the one on that golf game that used to be in arcades.

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      • MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Search Elecom Huge

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    • federatingIsTooHard@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      2 weeks trackball. never looking back.

      looking for a work trackball now.

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      • Dehydrated@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I requested a track ball at work, turns out, they had like 20 of them in some storage room that no one wanted to use. Shortly after I began using a track ball, others also wanted to try it out. Basically my entire department now uses trackballs at work lol

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    • ShadyGrove@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is the way.

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  • FuzzChef@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I tried and ironically my wrists didn’t like it at all.

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  • Slovene@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not the only one who sees a shark with its jaws opened, right?

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  • Sendero@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Any suggestions for a good quality vertical? The one the office purchased for me feels cheap and the time-to-sleep is too short(mouse doesn’t wake on motion).

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  • swag_money@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    so i love my mx master and i use the freewheeling scroll wheel all the time. the mx vertical mouse has a standard scroll wheel :p

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  • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If you suffer from wrist or elbow pain from using a regular mouse you’re best off doing strength exercises and proper stretching for those muscle groups. I find that to be more effective than using one of these virtual mice.

    Just my experience tho everyone is different.

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  • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I had constant pain and switched to evoluent vertical mouse in like 2015 and haven’t had pain since

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  • dipshit@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Knock over your mouse countless times while moving your arm around.

    Still worth it, though.

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  • lipilee@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    keyboard, with touchpad fallback when it’s absolutely necessary gang

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  • GeniusIsme@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Move the wheel under the thumb. Until then it’s anything but ergonomic.

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  • Bleach7297@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How far have you sent your vertical mouse flying off the desk?

    I know you’ve done it. Right after you typed that thing and went to click that button.

    Life is hard for vertical mice.

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  • Pharceface@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I really wish, they would release a gaming oriented vertical mouse. High DPI sensor, good clicker switches, etc. Right now stuck with my Logitech lift that tops out at 4000 dpi and has mushy switches.

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  • harry315@feddit.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    lol I got the exact mouse in the post right next to me. it was the cheapest vertical mouse I could find and the scroll wheel makes awful skreeching noises. Works perfectly though and the wrist pain is long gone

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  • UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    For ergonomics, it’s a great office mouse. But just a heads up you’re clicking horizontally so you slightly move the cursor every time you click. Kinda bad for gaming.

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  • dylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do you grasp it? Do you hold it like a massive cock? A gearstick? A pencil?

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  • LainOfTheWired@lemy.lol ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Trackpoint gang!

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  • foofyfoofoo@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yes! The pictured one is a good one too. But currently using the Logitech MX Vertical.

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  • zjaume@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Been uing them for a long time. But it is really hard to find a good one under 40/50€. Normal mouses have a lot of the goodones in 30€.

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  • wildcardology@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I saw one an am curious, does it work well with fps games?

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