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Hiya all. I was wondering what pointing options there were out there for split ergo keyboards? Looking around, on the face of it there seems to be the Apple Magic Trackpad 2 and well that's about it. There seem to be plenty of trackballs at various prices but nothing that looks particularly small and nondescript.

I will give mouse keys a try but I am really not convinced. If I could get my little Chromebook to display RDP colours correctly it may be that having a touchscreen would do just fine as an alternative.

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[–] hannadryad@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The IBM .. I'm going to say joystick .. is so underrated. If I do go down the path of designing my own board I will definitely be looking into getting one on there in place of a switch or nestled in somehow.

[–] wolfwood@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

check out the santoku for a 40% split with trackpoint. otherwise there's lots of custom builds with trackpoints. recently there's an experimental zmk driver, etc.