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Combo Roller Mouse
A mouse with a small embeded roller ball that replaces the wheel in a standard wheel-mouse | |
Unlike a wheel which allows only vertical motion, the ball allows one to freely scroll in any direction within a window view. It works like the ‘hand’ tool in Photoshop, and with any application.
The ball can also be used to complement mouse pointer movement. With appropriate sensitivity settings,
one can use the mouse for fast, macro movements and the ball for fine, pixel-width adjustments.
Greater flexibility of control is possible in all interfaces, applications and games. In Quake, for instance, the ball can be used for a free-mouse-look while the mouse is engaged in moving or firing a weapon.
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[chud], it is customary when proclaiming 'baked' to provide a link (click the 'link' button under the idea text) to a web site that shows the item as baked. Or if you own such a beast, you might at least mention the manufacturer's name and model number. |
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So, [baboo], instead of a wheel you suggest a trackball on top of the mouse. If my applications used it for nothing more than vertical+horizontal scrolling shortcuts I would be happy with such a device. It would be very handy for navigating big spreadsheets and poorly-designed web pages in windowed mode. |
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that would be so cool how about a hat switch that u find on joysticks u could use that to move and strath and the mouse to look |
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