Touchpads and trackballs are both viable alternatives to a mouse, allowing users to manipulate an onscreen cursor intuitively and accurately. However, trackballs are a comparatively rare sight on both ...

The frequently overlooked, sometimes shunned, trackball pointing device is getting some love with a Japanese tech accessories maker launching replacement balls in a choice of four colors. Earlier this ...

I have had a preference for trackballs over mice as pointing devices for a very long time. When I recently made an attempt to clean out a storage room in my house, I was confronted with evidence of ...

Of all the pointing devices that have been invented, the most neglected is probably the trackball. Trackball fans swear by them, arguing that they're kinder to wrists and hence a good choice if you ...

A good trackball is hard to find. That wasn’t always the case, but in today’s world of super-high DPI mice, quality sphere-based pointing devices aren’t easy to come by. Don’t worry, I found one.

With its big rolypoly ball and huge hand rest, the venerable trackball mouse looks like a holdover from 1996. Or maybe 1946—that’s the first time a trackball was used as an input device in a computer.

Not only does the Logitech MX Ergo Wireless Trackball Mouse ($99.99) make my wrist more comfortable during a long day of pointing and clicking, but as someone who never used trackballs during their ...

Not only does the Logitech MX Ergo Wireless Trackball Mouse ($99.99) make my wrist more comfortable during a long day of pointing and clicking, but as someone who never used trackballs during their ...