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Originally Posted by Thulack
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This is what i use as well.
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Well yeah, I'd suggest going with either the horizontal thumb tball or the ergonomic vertical tball like the one I mentioned I use atm (there are better featured ones - bought it at Staples and only one they had like it). There are two other choices, one that is at a 90 degree thumb tball (mostly extinct), and then those bigger flat trackballs.
I started out with the flat ones on PC (my first one was on an atari 2600 lol), and they do have a certain benefit over the rest. You can basically turn down the sensitivity compared to the others, more at regular mouse speed, or a tad faster really. This is good for fine control, for getting your crosshairs/pointer exact a little faster.
But when you want to make bigger adjustments, you might use palm slaps (especially on full flips), so move your wrist/arm more often... but still less than a mouse. Also you will use your ring finger on the ball more, 3 fingers, so depends how much pinky finger control you feel comfortable with to hit the right clicker. Me, I feel better hovering my ring finger over the alt button/s all the time, then I stab my pinky into the table or chair arm, gives me depth awareness when I'm touching the tball lightly (I press index harder when I want more exact control - lighter less fatigue).
imo the benefit with a thumb drive, you have two fingers free, so something with extra buttons/wheel there may be best. Center ergonomic if you pref your index finger to drive and ring finger often used as orientation (keeps your index centered). Flats are probably best for like fps shooters, but more susceptible to fatigue.