We recently had a thread about favorite keyboards. I would like to know about favorite mice.
I think the most comfortable mouse I have found is the Razer Deathadder gaming mouse. But it comes with nagware that pops up and asks you to install their Synapse software from time to time. My understanding of how they do it (from memory; I can't find the sources just now) is that the mouse not only registers itself as a USB mouse, but also a USB keyboard and a USB thumb drive. From time to time, it uses the fake keyboard to enter a command to run the nagware program off the fake thumb drive. I consider this bad behavior on the part of the vendor, so I do not want to reward it by sending them money. (I suspect that the nagware would fail under FreeBSD, but the principle bothers me.)
I am currently using a 3Dconnexion CadMouse Pro. It is very comfortable, and it has a middle button behind the scroll wheel, which is nice when you have to do an accurate middle click, but I have had a couple of them develop a problem where clicks are registered as double-clicks. Changing the double-click recognition speed has not seemed to help, at least not in Windows (I have not tried that mouse on FreeBSD yet.)
Years ago, I had an ITAC Mouse-Trak Pro trackball. It was kind of pricey, but was very well made. A trackball is not so good when you have to draw something, but in that case, you should probably use something like a Wacom tablet, rather than a mouse. (Anyway, since I really can't draw, if I have to draw something, I use LibreCAD, and let it do the smooth drawing.) I am thinking of giving this one another try. BTW, they also have an industrial version.
What kind of mouse do you recommend?
I think the most comfortable mouse I have found is the Razer Deathadder gaming mouse. But it comes with nagware that pops up and asks you to install their Synapse software from time to time. My understanding of how they do it (from memory; I can't find the sources just now) is that the mouse not only registers itself as a USB mouse, but also a USB keyboard and a USB thumb drive. From time to time, it uses the fake keyboard to enter a command to run the nagware program off the fake thumb drive. I consider this bad behavior on the part of the vendor, so I do not want to reward it by sending them money. (I suspect that the nagware would fail under FreeBSD, but the principle bothers me.)
I am currently using a 3Dconnexion CadMouse Pro. It is very comfortable, and it has a middle button behind the scroll wheel, which is nice when you have to do an accurate middle click, but I have had a couple of them develop a problem where clicks are registered as double-clicks. Changing the double-click recognition speed has not seemed to help, at least not in Windows (I have not tried that mouse on FreeBSD yet.)
Years ago, I had an ITAC Mouse-Trak Pro trackball. It was kind of pricey, but was very well made. A trackball is not so good when you have to draw something, but in that case, you should probably use something like a Wacom tablet, rather than a mouse. (Anyway, since I really can't draw, if I have to draw something, I use LibreCAD, and let it do the smooth drawing.) I am thinking of giving this one another try. BTW, they also have an industrial version.
What kind of mouse do you recommend?