I needed another corded mouse and this time around I thought of @PKL@mastodon.social and @pronk@mastodon.social instead of Logitech's shareholders. These guys make open source mice among other open source hardware under the brand Ploopy. You can order one from them, assembled or as a kit, or you could print and build it entirely by yourself.

The mouse itself is pretty great. Coming from a long line of Logitech (MX518/G5/G500/G502), it's a bit larger than what I'm used to but I think I'm getting accustomed to it.

Here's another shot of it:

A picture of a computer mouse by Ploopy.

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[–] 18107@aussie.zone 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

That may be technically true, but what's stopping someone from using the same button on a regular mouse?

A regular mouse can have a large amount of movement with your elbow and very fine control with your wrist. Your thumb on a trackball may have more range or precision than either, but not both combined.

My personal experience is that a trackball mouse is a little less accurate when trying to move a large distance precisely. Perhaps I just need more practice.

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

Do you have a button in your regular mouse that enables precision mode?

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[–] 18107@aussie.zone 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

I don't personally have a regular mouse, but most "gamer" mice have a DPI button.

I have seen several pro gamers use the DPI button on their mouse to rapidly change their precision while playing. I suspect it would take more practice than I'm willing to put in, but they seem to use it to great effect.

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[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago

Ok.

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