Brought to you by the vertical mouse gang

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• Kinakuta@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use a split keyboard and trackball at work, and I thoroughly enjoy the bafflement of my coworkers when they try to use my computer.

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• frankyboi@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As a CAD industrial drafter, I approve.

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• 0x2d@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  trackball

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• darcy@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  touchpad gang (i cant be bothered spending money)

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• Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Mice rise up

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• DestroyerOfWorlds@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Or use as a buttplug with the same results.

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  • Iceman@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Chess gang shit

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• Gondolaaaa@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a MX Vertical at work and Logi Ergos (both the 570 and a MX Ergo) at home, they are great. Love the battery life of the MX Ergo, I sometimes forget I even have to charge the damn thing. However I did have to change the main buttons in the MX Ergo, the switch were failing and it ended up double clicking

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  • ryannathans@aussie.zone ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shame about the polling rate on the vertical, looks very jagged on 144hz+ monitors

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  • catfish@programming.dev ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Mind if I ask, Where did you shop for the switches

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    • Gondolaaaa@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I ended buying Kailh Teal switches on AliExpress. But I also saw Alps switches like the ones Logi uses on eBay

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• Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  At that point, why not just use a joystick?

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  • Justas@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I wonder how good IntelliJ’s support for joystick is.

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  • Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Rotating your wrist upward just opens up your arm/shoulder/wrist into their correct positions.

    Wrist-aiming/clicking is bad for you long term, just learn how to use your arm to move the mouse around on a lower sensitivity :)

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What’s bad for you is incorrect posture and resting your wrist on the desk or a pad while actively using your wrist.

      Source: Have carpal tunnel and was given guides on proper posture and peripheral use by my doctor.

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• Jknaraa@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Thumb ball master race chuckles with amusement as they look down upon this post from Olympus.

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• GoOnASteamTrain@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yay! There are dozens of us! A cheap trackball is one of the best things I have ever bought. No pain, and it is really accurate.

  I did have a regular mouse in my pc too so that other people could use my pc without complaining, but donated it to one of the new people at work. But happy, nice mouse makes the day better.

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• TheSlad@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I tried one of these and I hated it.

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  • Jaysyn@kbin.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Same. I use CAD all day & really wanted to like it.

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    • TheSlad@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My two big issues was that gravity was working against my fingers to keep them on the buttons, and also the side of my palm would rub along the surface if the desk as I used it. I had to hold my hand up and in position the whole time instead of just laying it on there like a normal mouse, got hand cramps after one day of using it. Thankfully I was just borrowing it from a coworker who also hated it so I had no investment lol.

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• Grass@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I tried a number of those and couldn’t get used to it. I’d get soreness and cramps after the same amount of time but in different locations mostly around the thumb where the skin stretches when you do pistol hands.

  In the most recent past I’d been using the elecom huge trackball but it’s not without it’s issues either. I don’t actually recommend elecom they have quality control issues and the deft has the most infuriating mouse wheel. Thumb trackball gave me similar soreness to vertical mouse, and index finger trackball the back of my hand where the fingers attach.

  Now I’m using just the steam deck and a Thinkpad laptop lately and those also introduce their own flavour of hand strain after a while.

  Apart from the high cost of the hobby, we have reached an era of peak keyboard greatness, but we don’t seem have many immediately apparent custom mouse options. Not that I would have any idea what wouldn’t hurt me physically. Maybe one of the diy keyboards with a built in trackball.

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• Lifebandit666@feddit.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I had a thumb trackball for years, miss it tbh

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• dzervas@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I tried it and I got wrist pain that I never had from the horizontal mouse

  I guess my body is completely set? (been using a normal mouse for many, many hours since I was 10yo)

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• PanoptiDon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve always wanted one of these. I found one made by Anker for 25 USD. Thank you reminding me

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  • BulletofReason@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Honestly I have it and it changed everything for me. Took a bit to get used to (maybe a couple days) but it’s so worth it.

    Downside is that the receiver range isn’t as far as I’d like it to be.

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  • BruceWang@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It works great

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• sag@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I will buy it but this type of mouse is so expensive for me :(

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  • blargbluuk@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How expensive is it? I bought one for like $30 CAD

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    • sag@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Really?? Last time I checked it was around $100. Then, I will think about it. Thanks

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  • cyberfae@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They aren’t that expensive. There are a lot of good options around $20-$30, even for gaming.

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  • JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I bought a wireless cheap brand one from Officeworks in Australia for $20AUD to see if I liked the form factor.

    I did so I ultimately went and bought my Logitech Lift which has been great for study and general use, although I still go for my traditional gaming mouse over it if I’m gaming.

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  • Alpha71@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Weird that this subject popped up. I was looking into this yesterday. As for cost I found a wired model for 13 bucks Canadian.

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• EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I have a stationary mouse that’s kinda like that.

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