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It's ambidextrous and stationary, so it's well-suited for both left- and right-handed users with limited mobility. I have been in contact with Kensington who offered help but referred to a completely different diagram of software than that shown in the TrackballWorks software. The SlimBlade trackball works immediately when you connect the beautiful and unique USB chord to your computer, but I would recommend installing Kensington’s TrackballWorks and SlimBlade software to really take advantage of all the features of this trackball.
Started using (mechanical) track ball around 90′(years-386) And using Marble (PS2/USB) for more than 15years. So for example the USB cable is plugged into your main desktop computer, while you connect the SlimBlade via Bluetooth to a laptop and place the USB Dongle receiver in a third computer. The device is quite large, even slightly bigger than the Expert, but for my large hands it is very comfortable. Very cool and easy way of scrolling, but because your pointer moves slightly during scrolling one could say it is not as perfect as the large scrollring found on the Kensington Expert or Kensington Orbit with Scrolwheel.Also, unlike what this review says it’s very easy to keep the pointer in place without it moving a single pixel while scrolling. First of all it takes a bit more effort of the fingers to scroll this way, compared to a scrollwheel or scrollring, because you have to use two fingers moving in opposite direction, or use one finger to hold the axis and the other to turn it.
I’m, not sure if this is a Mac-specific issue, if you have this issue or not, please leave a comment below or send me a message.
I bought "Kensington Slimblade Pro" 5 weeks back and decided to post some feedback, hopefully what I have faced and how I fixed it will help someone else. Like the original SlimBlade, the Pro has two PixArt PAW3220 optical sensors in the base to track the ball's movements. Besides the wired connection, the SlimBlade Pro offers a wireless connection via either Bluetooth or using a 2. Das Arbeiten am Computer ist jetzt noch komfortabler und einfacher mit dem Kensington SlimBlade-Trackball. Professional reviewers and ergonomists agree that finger-operated trackballs are superior to thumb-based trackballs when it comes to precision and hand comfort.