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submitted 22 hours ago by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] MonkeMischief@lemmy.today 4 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I miss the weighty rubberized balls IN the balled mice! Talk about a free fidget toy!

However, do trackballs count as balled mice? Because I got one for my laptop recently and I LOVE it. Wish there was more of a market for nice trackballs, with an assortment of ball materials for different inertias and whatnot. Lol

[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

No, trackballs are a separate thing. And their design is usually better at keeping debris out of the ball meaning less maintenance even though it's exposed literally all of the time.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Less debris on the ball, but in my experience there's more dust on the rollers. So it's the same maintenance anyways.