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- I see we've reinvented the slashdot effect.by walrus01
- Around the 2000s I remember playing a match of Unreal Tournament Classic on a LAN party again a player of a major german UT clan of the time - he was using a trackball to play and slaughtered us so hard. To this day I can't imagine precise inputs with a trackball, but I saw it is possible.
- They have a countdown for the pre-order here[0]. Seems like it's available as a kit Wednesday, August 19th, 2026 at 10am ET to pre-order.
I love all I/O devices..
I think the main difference from the Ploopy Adept is they added two knob buttons?
by big_toast - I bought the regular mouse and had a fun time assembling it. It works fine.
However the "ergonomic" design is extremely uncomfortable for me and caused hand pain. I let it ride for a few weeks hoping I'd get accustomed, the pain got better but didn't go away. Also the far-left and far-right mouse buttons are superfluous and detract from the core experience.
Please do a symmetrical version and maybe throw in a scroll wheel with steps/clicks, I'd happily buy another.
by branon - Instantly couldn't resist clicking on some unknown thing called "the Ploopy A+".by malloryerik
- Looks similar to my trusty Kensington Expert, only with more buttons:
https://www.kensington.com/p/products/electronic-control-sol...
Even the wrist rest, which I've never seen on another trackball, seems to have been copied from here. Anybody tested out both?
They really need to find a better name than "Ploopy" though.
- It always seems like a missed opportunity that trackballs don't detect when you twist the ball. It would be so natural for spinning a model in CAD or zooming.
The easiest approach would probably be to add a second optical sensor and do some math to calculate the twist rate.
by waterproof - by imglorp