Hey Lefties – The Lynx R15 Has You Covered
The Lynx R15 is shaped in such a way that it is comfortable for both the right hand and left hand user; the large 46mm red track ball is centered at the top giving easy fingertip movement with the two buttons located on either side. The scroll wheel is located conveniently on the side where thumb or finger movement easily controls your scroll feature. This trackball mouse installs easily using an available USB interface port on either your desktop or your laptop.
This device is easy to use in small spaces as it has a small footprint and does not require movement. All movement takes place within the use of the trackball itself the buttons and the scroll wheel. Because this is an optical trackball mouse, it is very responsive to the slightest movement, it also minimizes cleaning and signal degradation caused by lack of cleaning. You will not experience the skips and jumps created by traditional mice that have the roller underneath ready to pick up debris like a magnet and press it against the rollers. The Lynx R-15 will work with not only Windows XP and Vista, but also with Macintosh OS X and above with no additional drivers or software required.
This is a nicely sized, good looking, durable, quality mouse for a competitive price that is versatile enough to handle all of your mouse needs; it is encompassed in high impact plastic to ensure long term use.
it does not work even thought it says vista on the box. that’s the second one so far. we put a man on the moon in 1969, what’s going on?
Ambi still isn’t left-handed. Maybe one day we can return to having a thumb operated left-handed trackball.
Ambi: You do make a good point.
I feel bad for lefties there is definitely a shortage of decent mice made specifically for left-handers. I write with a pen lefty myself but luckily when it comes to a computer I use my right.
I know it’s not a trackball but Evoluent makes a left-hand version of their Vertical Mouse which is fairly popular if you think going ergonomic might benefit you.
I am left-handed and changed over to a trackball mouse years ago. It was a Microsoft item and was ambidextrous due to the buttons being assignable and the ball being centrally located. I thought it was great but it failed eventually and I could not find a direct replacement. I bought the Trackball Explorer in its place which, although it is right-hand biased, has proved to be indispensible. I thought I would have problems trying to ‘teach’ my right hand to use it but, after a shakey couple of days, it soon became second nature. To any left-handers out there, like myself, take the plunge and try ‘teaching’ your right hand to do something useful for a change!
There are other advantages that I’ve discovered as well; Learning to use a trackball with your right hand means you still have a useful hand left over to type or write with so you can get ahead of your boring ‘normal’ compatriots who have to do one or the other but can’t manage both. Show me a right-handed person who can do anything sensible with their left hand!