Like many ergonomic products, trackballs are an acquired taste—often, acquired by sheer painful necessity. It can feel strange to switch from using a mouse, which feels like an extension of your arm, ...

While a traditional computer mouse is fairly simple and intuitive to use, it does have its drawbacks. For instance, if you don’t have a lot of desk space, you can repeatedly run out of room. With a ...

The Kensington Orbit Wireless Trackball ($49.99) is a simple and effective ambidextrous trackball mouse, one that should easily appeal to those interested in saving their wrists and fingers from the ...

The Logitech wireless trackball features programmable buttons that you can assign customized tasks to with Logitech's SetPoint software. The trackball, which uses a small wireless receiver plugged ...

The classic trackball mouse belongs to a niche crowd, but after using one, it's hard to go back to the more mainstream point-and-click method of navigation. Logitech has introduced a new wireless ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Technology journalist specializing in audio, computing and Apple Macs. About 20 years ago, I was writing for a well-known computer ...

Once a mainstay of giant desktop workstations, trackballs were eventually miniaturized and stuck inside computer mice, and then mostly replaced with trackpads and touchscreens. They deserve a comeback ...

Video game veterans have long pined for the return of an 80's classic: the spinning trackball. This heavy cue ball embedded into arcade machines controlled classics like Centipede and Marble Madness.