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ornornor 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Ploopy Bean: a trackpoint for every computer

Ploopy does make trackballs. I have an adept and it’s great. Inexpensive too.

jimmySixDOF 5 months ago [–]

Unfortunately drag-scroll is not in enough places to make this work without a dedicated wheel but I do have an eye on these

ornornor 5 months ago | [–]

I have mine configured so that pressing the fourth button and moving the ball acts as a scroll wheel, no need for any special support is OS/apps. It shows as a scroll wheel input.

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