Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with your computer?

Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by zwayhowder on Monday April 03, 2023 @05:17PM (#35431420)

Left handed trackball (Elecom). Sits to the left of my Moonlander while my vertical mouse sits to the right. Not only is it convenient, as an old school Diablo player I get to tell people I duel wield.

I also have a cheap X-Pen graphics tablet that I use for ‘white boarding’ on zoom calls.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by mattpallissard on Monday April 03, 2023 @07:18PM (#35432741)

+1 on the trackball.

When I travel I wind up working in all sorts of odd setups. No need to find a flat place to move a mouse. It works in tight places and uneven surfaces such as a couch.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by anon9931 on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:02PM (#35434014)

+1 on the left-handed trackball and right-handed vertical mouse. I don't use both together, though. My trackball is a Kensington Orbit, with scroll ring.

I also have a cheap graphics tables, a Huion, for some digital painting or to help with creating software architecture diagrams.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by Yoofie on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:54PM (#35434398)

+1 on graphics tablet. I got a Huion HS611. Surprisingly cheap and it becomes much easier to draw diagrams, annotate images, sign signatures, etc with your hand instead of a mouse. Highly recommended for those who need to draw, make diagrams etc.

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Re:Ask HN: What lesser-known accessories do you use with you... by deckard1 on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @12:47AM (#35435205)

I have an XP-Pen as well. Works great in Linux. I'm still amazed at how high quality these non-Wacom tablets are today. I had one of those cheap 6" Wacom Graphites back in the early 2000s and that was the best you could get. My XP-Pen blows that thing away. Still haven't found a great place to put it though. I'm just stashing it off to the side but it's awkward moving it around all the time.

If you're on Linux, Gromit-MPX is a great companion app to annotate anything on your desktop. https://github.com/bk138/gromit-mpx

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