So I got a trackball....

[Jakalwarrior]

Logitech Optical Wireless Trackball or some such. Seems ok. No big learning curve coming from a mouse. Both my wife and I settled into using it pretty quickly... though I still try to move the whole thing sometimes when im caught offguard in a game.

I have some questions though. How do you get over the inital breakover when moving the ball. Like if I have the cursor sitting right next to a link that is a few mm tall and am trying to get the cursor on it. The amount of energy to get the ball rolling moves it too far once it breaks free of friction. Drives me nuts. I have to use my middle finger in addition to my pointer to slow the motion and prevent an overshot. The ball seems to move pretty freely but its hard to get it onto a single character etc... does oiling the ball help? or is this just something I have to get used to? I was getting much better precision with my laser mouse set at 2400dpi on a little 1280x1024 screen! (my previous attempt and wrist saving).

Movement speed is set at 50%, acceleration on high.

 

[engiNURD]

I just move it and re-aim it instead of trying to move it the few mm it needs to. I know, highly inefficient, but thats just the way I've learned to cope with it.