After reading so many positive reviews for the Expert Mouse before I bought it, it I'm a bit hesitant to write my own because it's the total opposite from most of the praise you'll read here.
I really tried to like this thing. But I can't - here's why:
As a professional video and photo editor I've known about these types of devices for a long time and it always sounded a good idea to use one in principle. Sadly, I'm one of those who just cannot work properly with it.
First off, if you do anything that requires very small and precise movements, forget about it. I don't know how so many folks can work with the Expert Mouse. I have large hands but even for me the trackball is simply way too large. No matter how subtly I move my fingers, the trackball jerks the pointer all over my 24 inch screens.
Now - and think about it - when you have your hand over the trackball, and you try to move your fingers to touch one of the buttons, you're bound to move the cursor again without wanting to.
Trying to make precise cuts on a video timeline has so far been incredibly frustrating. You can adjust the sensitivity but even that didn't solve this problem for me.
If you click a lot and do it fast, forget about it too. You'll have to have your fingers in such an awkward position over that gigantic trackball that clicking a button requires even weirder movements with your fingers. Again, in principle you'd think the layout and size would be awesome but it's just not.
Finally - that clicking noise. OMG! Are you kidding me? This is by far the loudest, most annoying clicking noise of any input device I have ever had - and I've had 30 or more over the years. I'm used to a quiet work environment and the noise coming from the buttons is absolutely not acceptable.
Yes, the build quality and all that stuff is fine. It does work on Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. But considering how terrible it is to use I'm really quite baffled of why this thing is so popular; maybe I'm a uncoordinated clutz. Whatever the case - after about an hour of trying to fight through a simple edit I disconnected it and went back to my trusty old two-button mouse. Ahhhh yes, much MUCH faster again.
Hope this helps.
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More Detail For Kensington Expert Mouse Optical USB Trackball for PC or Mac 64325
- Award-winning Scroll Ring around the trackball makes scrolling quick and easy.
- One of the most eloquent designs of any input device on the market Largest ball
- Largest ball of any of the mainstream, consumer devices
- Great momentum and virtually frictionless rotation
- Detachable wrist rest cradles your hand in comfort, Windows or Mac compatible
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