[OT] "The Condescending UI" (was: Do we need Win95/98/Me support?)

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrew Wiley" <wiley.andrew.j at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.40.1327562674.25230.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>On Wed, Jan 25, 2012 at 3:31 PM, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:
>> "Steven Schveighoffer" <schveiguy at yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:op.v8nbixzyeav7ka at localhost.localdomain...
>>>
>>> I must rave about the trackpad on the macbook pro. The interface is so
>>> damned good, I hate going back to my linux laptop (which I must do for
>>> work).
>>>
>>
>> A good trackpad?!? That seems difficult to believe. Whenever I use a 
>> laptop,
>> I just grab/carry-around a trackball (or at least a mouse). I can barely 
>> use
>> those touchpad things, and IBM's "clitmouse" is only a little bit better.
>>
>
>YES, I'm not the only person alive using a trackball! Thumb-ball,
>marble, or one of those giant pool-ball things?

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Trackman-Wheel-Optical-Silver/dp/B00005NIMJ

(I don't know why the price there is so high, though. They're only around 
$35-ish in stores.)

I absolutely love it. It's my primary pointing device on *any* of my 
computers.

Around 5-10 years ago I started getting wrist pain. I heard that trackballs 
were better for the wrist than mice, so I got one (this logitech one). It 
was really awkward the first, but I got used to it after a couple days. 
After two weeks it felt 100% as natural as a mouse, even for games. 
(Touchpads, by contrast, I was never able to get past the "really awkward" 
stage, even after several years with the laptop I used to have). And I 
haven't been having any more wrist pain since.

I don't even like actual mice all that much anymore (They need so much more 
surface area! And so much more movement. The trackball is just - ZIP! 
Awesome :) ).