On 1/31/23 07:46, Carlos E. R. wrote:

Still does not make sense to me. For me, the trackball has to rest on a
solid surface that also supports my wrist. For a laptop that I
actually move around with me, I only ever use the built-in touchpad.

Me too, but some people never adapt and buy a mouse.

I was introduced to trackballs in 1965 and I never liked them,
especially the ones where there's a small ball for the thumb.

For my uncoordinated self, I find it easier to control the cursor
with a traditional mouse.

I'm also weird in that I'm right-handed, but use my left hand
for the mouse. I remember when I first started using a GUI
and mouse with SunOS around 1986, I figured that since my
right hand was used more to hit the "Enter" key, I might as
well split the workload and let my left command the mouse.

I don't like touchpads either.

Regards,
Lew