Maximizing Mouse (Not Keyboard) Potentialsungho.blog 1 pointsungho_2 years ago4 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−bediger40002yTrack balls almost always are worse than mice, in terms of speed and accuracy acquiring a target. This is typical: https://www.billbuxton.com/fitts91.htmlI'm sure there are trackball prodigies that can do great things with them, but for the masses, they're not optimum.−ano-ther2yThat doesn’t resonate with my experience which is trackball > trackpoint > mouse >>> trackpad for precision and speed.In their marketing material from the early 90s (the date of your study) Kensington used speed as a key argument. http://xahlee.info/kbd/kensington_expert_mouse_hist.html−bediger40002yIt certainly resonates with my experience. How do we solve this dilemma?−sungho_OP2ySo among the topics in the article is one about fine controlling the cursor
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Track balls almost always are worse than mice, in terms of speed and accuracy acquiring a target. This is typical: https://www.billbuxton.com/fitts91.html
I'm sure there are trackball prodigies that can do great things with them, but for the masses, they're not optimum.
That doesn’t resonate with my experience which is trackball > trackpoint > mouse >>> trackpad for precision and speed.
In their marketing material from the early 90s (the date of your study) Kensington used speed as a key argument. http://xahlee.info/kbd/kensington_expert_mouse_hist.html
It certainly resonates with my experience. How do we solve this dilemma?
So among the topics in the article is one about fine controlling the cursor