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Re:The Saucer – A DIY trackpad attachment for the Voyager by chaos_emergent on Tuesday August 13, 2024 @03:05PM (#41238528)
what about a mechanism that 'locks' the trackball in place at rest, and then requires a little bit of force to 'unlock' the trackball to track?
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Re:The Saucer – A DIY trackpad attachment for the Voyager by Rhapso on Thursday August 15, 2024 @09:51AM (#41256054)
whatever you are using to activate that mechanism, should just be your click button.

I could see a "sliding vs static friction" trick for a passive mechanism, but anything that worked would so wear out very quickly.

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