Sirus needs a new mouse!

[RedSirus]

I'm starting to get 'tennis elbow' from my mouse, not a good sign, and I'm considering making the leap to trackball. Now, I've just got one problem...<br>I'm left handed.<br><br>Given that the trackball is more finger based than hand based, I *might* be open to getting a right handed trackball - maybe I can pick it up pretty quickly. So here are my problems:<br><br>Left handed:<br>No one makes left handed trackballs. The ambidextrous trackballs have absolutely no frills. While I could get a right-handed ergonomic trackball with the two things I want in a mouse: optical and a scrolling wheel; I can't seem to find a mousewheel in an ambidextrous model, they're all included in the right-handed-only models. I consider a mousewheel paramount (as much, if not slightly more than optical).<br>( e.g. <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.logitech.com/cf/products/pro ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> )<br><br>Right handed:<br>I'm not sure how easy it'll be to pick up, and if so, how gaming'll be. Has anyone played FPSes (Tribes2 in particular) with a trackball mouse? How is it?<br>If I start using a trackball in my right hand, my left hand will be the one on the keyboard, and I'll have to throw out the control scheme I've been using since I first got Tribes1 and have used for every game since then.<br><br>I think my best option is looking for a left handed trackball if it'd be useful for gaming (so that I can keep my setup), and a right handed mouse if trackballs aren't that good on it (a lot of the strain on my arm is coming from normal surfing, application using, and use of painting programs, so my arms would get a break during normal windows and I could afford to use a normal mouse for T2).<br><br>Any suggestions, and any ideas on a good left-handed friendly trackball? Here's my best find so far:<br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.logitech.com/cf/products/pro ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--><br>It's ambidextrous and optical, but man, I want a mousewheel. I'm ALSO looking at a new keyboard, perhaps I can get my wheel fix there....... <p><center><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=5><td><img border="0" src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/t2red.g ... ><td><font size=5>RedSirus<a href=mailto:redsirus@dragontalonmercs.com>@</a></font><br><br><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a> > <a href=http://server2.ezboard.com/bdragontalon ... ><br><font size=2><a href=http://pub18.ezboard.com/bdtmonlinecommunity>DTM Community</a> > <a href=http://pub18.ezboard.com/fdtmonlinecomm ... s>RedSirus' Reviews</a></font><br><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Brainwashed Fishmonger</a> > <a href=http://pub3.ezboard.com/bxmenclan>Forum ... ><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub3.ezboard.com/uredsirus.showP ... s</A>&nbsp; <IMG SRC="http://www.nickandsarah.com/xmen.gif" BORDER=0> at: 5/12/02 12:35:58 pm<br></i>

[Atheist]

*sigh* Do I have to do *everything* for you?<br><br>Just get one of these:<br><br><!--EZCODE AUTOLINK START--><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/04/2 ... <!--EZCODE AUTOLINK END--> <p></p><i></i>

[Spinning Hat]

You could get a Microsoft Office Keyboard. They have a scrolling wheel on the left side, and they have al kinds of other cool butons on there too. (And, is't a normal style keyboard, not those ugly, uncomfortable split ones.) <!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :) --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /smile.gif ALT=":)"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <p><map name="SHMAP"><area href="http://xmenclan.org" target="_blank" shape="rect" coords="169, 72, 193, 143"><area href="http://dragontalonmercs.com" target="_blank" shape="rect" coords="0, 78, 25, 141"><area href="http://pub1.ezboard.com/uspinninghat.sh ... anguage=EN" target="_blank" shape="rect" coords="22, 3, 172, 30"></map><img border="0" src="http://www.xmenclan.org/sh3d2.gif" usemap="#SHMAP" width="194" height="144"> <br>Why Do I always Die?!?!</p><i></i>

[RedSirus]

That's a SWEET looking keyboard!<br><br>I think that's the one I'm going to get, if I decide on an ambi-trackball-new-keyboard setup. Which is likely.<br>Thanks, Spinning! <p><center><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=5><td><img border="0" src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/t2red.g ... ><td><font size=5>RedSirus<a href=mailto:redsirus@dragontalonmercs.com>@</a></font><br><br><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a> > <a href=http://server2.ezboard.com/bdragontalon ... ><br><font size=2><a href=http://pub18.ezboard.com/bdtmonlinecommunity>DTM Community</a> > <a href=http://pub18.ezboard.com/fdtmonlinecomm ... s>RedSirus' Reviews</a></font><br><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Brainwashed Fishmonger</a> > <a href=http://pub3.ezboard.com/bxmenclan>Forum ... </p><i></i>

[XMEN Gambit]

Sirus, I used to change controllers every so often because of pain in elbow & wrist. I'd use a mouse at home for gaming, and at work I used trackballs, touchpads, all kinds of stuff.<br><br>Then I just started using a mouse in my LEFT hand (since I'm right handed) at work. I don't need the same level of control to navigate a word document or java program as I do to fire a spinfusor, so it's not a big deal. So you might try that - use a controller in your right hand for regular stuff, and left hand when your gaming. <p><img height=150 width=115 src=http://www.xmenclan.org/xmengambit.gif border=0 align=left>XMEN member<br>Card-carrying DTM<br>OKL Fish-napper<br><br><br>Though a program be but three lines long,<br> someday it will have to be maintained.<br> <i>- The Tao of Programming</i><br>Life is complex; it consists of real and imaginary parts.</p><i></i>

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Or...<br><br><br>*GASP*<br><br><br><br><br>Go with a joystick!<br><br><!--EZCODE EMOTICON START :p --><img src=http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... tongue.gif ALT=":p"><!--EZCODE EMOTICON END--> <br> <p><br><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/ashaman2.jpg width=150 align=left><br><left><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Member of the XMEN</a><br>Have a Nice Day!<br><br>"Politics, war, martial arts;<br>these are tools to bend the <br>universe to your will."</left></p><i></i>

[XMEN Ashaman DTM]

Now THAT is freakin' weird!!!<br><br>I go to look at the logitech page that RS posted, and hit my country and language preference. Then press 'NEXT'.<br>I expect to go to the logitech page, but INSTEAD get redirected to this very thread.<br><br> <p><br><img src=http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/ashaman2.jpg width=150 align=left><br><left><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Member of the XMEN</a><br>Have a Nice Day!<br><br>"Politics, war, martial arts;<br>these are tools to bend the <br>universe to your will."</left></p><i></i>

[Gryphon]

Yeah that has always been messed up, I always got redirected to google. I think it goes back in your history or to your home page or something. <p><a href="http://www.thzclan.com" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://www.thzclan.com/gryphav"></a> <a href="http://www.thzclan.com/cam" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thzclan.com/cam/thb_ccam2.jpg" border="0"></a><br><font size="1"><b><a href="http://www.thzclan.com/tcdb" target="_blank">Tribes Clan DB</a> - List your Tribes1/2 Clan, Guild, Fansite, League, or Script site</b></font> <a href="http://www.trillian.cc/forums/index.php?referrerid=7814" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.thzclan.com/trillian/trillbutton.gif" border="0" align="middle"></a><br><b><font size="1">Spinning Hat "Leave it to Gryphon to turn something simple into an assault on your intelligence... (Or Lack, thereof... <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/intl/aenglish/im ... /devil.gif"> )"<br>FireFro "Gryph should put that in his sig."</font></b></p><i></i>

[RedSirus]

Sirus has a new mouse!<br><br>Thanks for the idea, Gambit, about swapping hands to keep my left arm happy, but that quickly started causing my right hand agony (I've got tendonitis in there, from an inrelated problem).<br>I decided on a right handed ergonomic trackball (5 buttons, Microsoft - the store didn't have the Logitech one I was looking at) plus, if it doesn't work, I can trade it in within 30 days.<br><br>Here's hoping this works. <p><center><table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=5><td><img border="0" src="http://www.xmenclan.org/avatars/t2red.g ... ><td><font size=5>RedSirus<a href=mailto:redsirus@dragontalonmercs.com>@</a></font><br><br><a href=http://www.dragontalonmercs.com>Dragon Talon Mercenary</a> > <a href=http://server2.ezboard.com/bdragontalon ... ><br><font size=2><a href=http://pub18.ezboard.com/bdtmonlinecommunity>DTM Community</a> > <a href=http://pub18.ezboard.com/fdtmonlinecomm ... s>RedSirus' Reviews</a></font><br><br><a href=http://www.xmenclan.org>Brainwashed Fishmonger</a> > <a href=http://pub3.ezboard.com/bxmenclan>Forum ... </p><i></i>