Thank you, Engadget, for bringing this to my attention! I love you forever now! That thing's almost exactly what I've been wishing for for video games and legitimate PC uses alike.
The only problem I see is the trackball; it's mechanical and low-res, but it's still only a proof-of-concept. Of course, people who hate thumb balls won't like it no matter what. I hope there'll be optical balls in various sizes for user preferences, I like big precise ones more than little fast ones.
I looked it up and as Alex mentioned, it's a keyboard/mouse refinement for ergonomics foremost and portable computing second with gaming somewhere further down the list. I'm definitely getting one if it's easily available when I build my next PC, I'd love to be able to type while leaning back and I already prefer my Logitech thumb marble over mice for other ergonomic reasons- even for Unreal Tournament. Competitive edge be damned, I don't like wrist strain!
The website said people have no trouble retaining QWERTY skills, unlike with learning Dvorak, because the finger associations are similar to QWERTY. I can't wait 'till I can try it out at Circuit city or something and see for myself how the keys feel.
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Thank you, Engadget, for bringing this to my attention! I love you forever now! That thing's almost exactly what I've been wishing for for video games and legitimate PC uses alike.
The only problem I see is the trackball; it's mechanical and low-res, but it's still only a proof-of-concept. Of course, people who hate thumb balls won't like it no matter what. I hope there'll be optical balls in various sizes for user preferences, I like big precise ones more than little fast ones.
I looked it up and as Alex mentioned, it's a keyboard/mouse refinement for ergonomics foremost and portable computing second with gaming somewhere further down the list. I'm definitely getting one if it's easily available when I build my next PC, I'd love to be able to type while leaning back and I already prefer my Logitech thumb marble over mice for other ergonomic reasons- even for Unreal Tournament. Competitive edge be damned, I don't like wrist strain!
The website said people have no trouble retaining QWERTY skills, unlike with learning Dvorak, because the finger associations are similar to QWERTY. I can't wait 'till I can try it out at Circuit city or something and see for myself how the keys feel.