Trackball

=Trackball  = == Darian Ward-2nd period    == =        = <span style="COLOR: #190101; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> === <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #050000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="COLOR: #0c0303; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="COLOR: #190101; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> A trackball is a pointing device made up of a ball in a socket containing sensors to detect movement of the ball. The user rolls the ball with the thumb, fingers , or the palm of the hand to move a arrow. Before the invention of the touchpad, small trackballs were common on laptops to reduse the space needed to run a mouse. Some small thumbballs clip onto the side of the keyboard and have built-in buttons with the same function as mouse buttons. The trackball was invented by Tom Cranston and Fred Longstaff as part of the Royal Canadian Navy's DATAR system in 1952. Eleven years BEFORE the mouse was invented! This first trackball used a Canadian   <span style="COLOR: #190101; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">five-pin bowling        <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #050000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="COLOR: #0c0303; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #090101; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">ball. For more information go to this website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackball   <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> <The red ball is a track ball :)  ===  <span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> =<span style="COLOR: #b062f4; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Hannah Hopkins-8th period = <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #0e85fb; FONT-FAMILY: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace">

<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Trackballs are basically wireless mice and many people use them because they are easier to manipulate. The World First Trackball was invented by Tom Cranston, Fred Longstaff and Kenyon Taylor and was working on the Royal Canadian Navy’s DATAR project in 1952. It was made up of a regular five pen bowling ball.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #76c828; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Kaylee Martin- 3rd period

<span style="COLOR: #100404; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> The Track ball is basically like an upside down mouse. The ball is on top and you use it to move the arrow around with out having to use the mouse at all. The ball is in a socket containing sensors that can detect which way the ball is rotating. The first trackball was for a Royal Canadian DATAR in 1952 by Fred Longstaff and Tom Cranston. =<span style="COLOR: #1b84da; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">Hayden Greene-5th period = <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive"> **Trackball-** Devices that are used to transmit what you write on to the computer. - A movable ball on the top of your mouse that directs where your cursor is. <span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">[|**http://visual.merriam-webster.com/communications/office-automation/input-devices_8.php**]

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 90%; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  Hayden Greene
==   <span style="COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">  "INPUT DEVICES?[8] - Visual Dictionary Online." __Visual Dictionary Online__. 26 Sep. 2008      <http://visual.merriam-webster.com/communications/office-automation/input-devices_8.php>.== <span style="COLOR: #0f93ff; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">**Darian Ward "Trackball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." __Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia__. 28 Sep. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackba l ** **l

"Trackball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." __Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia__. 28 Sep. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackbal****l (<this one's for the picture);

Kaylee Martin** "Trackball on Flickr - Photo Sharing!." __Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing__. 5 May 1920. 7 Oct. 2008 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/kickstart70/14877314/>.

** Kaylee Martin ** "Trackball Depth of Field Test on Flickr - Photo Sharing!." __Welcome to Flickr - Photo Sharing__. 6 June 2006. 7 Oct. 2008 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/javazombie/161373107/>. <span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive">

Hannah Hopkins

 * "Trackball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." __Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia__. 30 Sep. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trackballs>.
 * "Visual Dictionary Online." __Visual Dictionary Online__. 30 Sep. 2008 <[|http://visual.merriam-webster.com]>.