On: Going mouseless

[swader999]

What I want is a very small thumb trackball mouse that I can stick right in the middle of my truly ergonomic cleave keyboard.

[dredmorbius → swader999]

That's quite close to what the IBM/Lenovo Trackpoint offers.

No, it's not a trackball (it operates by pressure rather than rolling), but the navigation is quite precise, and leaves both hands on the keyboard and home-row keys.

I've reached the point I'd like that for a desktop keyboard as well as laptop.

[CRConrad → dredmorbius]

> I'd like [the IBM/Lenovo Trackpoint] for a desktop keyboard as well as laptop.

I think such things are commercially available. At least I'm fairly sure I saw them advertised on the Internet, not many years ago.

[darnir → swader999]

The Ultimate Hackers Keyboard has exactly that as a module you can attach to the keyboard.

[swader999 → darnir]

It does it does! Very tempted.

[the_gipsy → swader999]

Not sure what cleave keyboard is, but you can stick a tint pimoroni trackball on any qmk keyboard microcontroller.