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  1. "v buys a trackball mouse" thread
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      i just bought a trackball mouse! an Logitech Ergo whatever it is. i am hoping it will solve the problem of getting wrist aches due to using the trackpad in bed all day long
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        (I'm in bed for chronic fatigue reasons - i get a little out of it if i don't get enough horizontal time in)
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          so far... maybe this will be a v short & boring thread? i can point the cursor where i want it to go, with not too much thinking & hesitation? i still reflexively go for the trackpad, but that's because it's right next to the keyboard. but right now i am at a table...
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            oh, yeah, i've not gotten into the "cursor flick" lifestyle yet. new joys await. @juv3nal/1572174815242620929
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              hm - obviously i'll feel it more because i'm thinking about it... but i'm still using the scroll wheel & the finger lift is activating that same tender spot. trying an index finger scroll (seemed to help a lil with my normal vertical mouse)...
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                i would like a button that you can press to put the trackball into "scroll mode", where you can scroll sideways, flick, etc
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                  shocked pikachu at being in fact, actually able to do this (now trying to decide if i do in fact actually like it)
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                    i think i do like it! pointing update: fine pointing is still clumsy, gross pointer movements are fine muscle memory update: sometimes i am like... there is a movement my hand should make now, but there is not, it is a thumb movement. but rarely
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                      i guess all the practice i had with the thinkpad nipple is playing off