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[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Why wouldn't there just be a small trackball on the nose, wouldn't that be more practical?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Because you'd be constantly changing your volume up and down slightly while scrolling.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

For navigating a great big thing that benefits from two axis scrolling? Yes. For literally anything else a scroll wheel might be used for, like swapping weapons in games? No. The clickyness of the average scroll wheel is actually pretty useful and can't really be applied to a trackball.