Kensington
Turboball review
Posted
by Adam
Klein on April 14, 2000 - Page 3/4
Company: Kensington
Product: Turboball
trackball
Software
Windows does not support more
than three mouse buttons, so thats why when you have 5 buttons
it is required to have the software package the device came
with to take advantage of the added buttons. The software the
Turboball came with is what Kensington calls MouseWorks.
After using the MouseWorks
software package, I was impressed. This program is very
feature rich, it allows you to assign funtions to the buttons,
control cursor speed, set it for the left or right hand,
control acceleration and much much more. This program
basically lets you control every aspect of the trackball.
There were a couple things I
didn't like about the software.
One of the most important would be its program
compatibility. I had a few games that would crash when one of
the software driven buttons was pressed. This program is good for those who use word processors
and spreadsheets, or people that just surf the net.
There
is also a bit of lag between the depression of the buttons and
what is actually going on when using the MouseWorks software..
This, as you know, is definitely not good to have in a
game. The software just isn't tuned for games. I find the best
solution for this is to just not use the MouseWorks software.
That would leave the 5th button useless, but you don't have to
worry about crashes and the movement would be more responsive.
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