Ploopy Bean - external trackpoint
13 points by hawski
13 points by hawski
AFAIU this is a wired device even if promotional images seem to suggest different.
I took a chance on their Adept trackball recently and love it. Was put off by the 3D printed aspect but it actually looks & feels nice in person. Any trackball-to-bean aficionados out there?
This is a little bit of a head-scratcher for me. The trackpoint-style devices really appeal to me when they're in the middle of a keyboard.
When I need to put them off to the side like I'd need to do with a trackball or a touchpad, and they aren't much smaller than either of those, I'd rather have a trackball or a touchpad. Especially if the trackball is one of the nice logitech marble ones or the touchpad is the apple-style one.
I guess this is better than a mouse for a confined space, though. But for me the main appeal of this style of pointer was always its position right in the home row.