alt Hacker NewsOnce upon a time there were these places called “retail stores” where you could go look at actual products and even try them out before buying them.
Alas.
Once upon a time there were these places called “retail stores” where you could go look at actual products and even try them out before buying them.
Alas.
That works for a conventional mouse: you've used one before. This one is a little different shape, a little bigger, ooh, no wires. That's fine: in five minutes you know whether it's OK.
How long does it take to decide whether you love or hate a thumb-ball? A big ball? A SpaceMouse? Has anyone who didn't use a ThinkPad decide to buy a keyboard with an integrated nubbin?
Sure, I can buy twenty devices for $200 each and return 19 of them. That puts 19 items into "open box" status, causes me to re-pack and re-ship and track 19 items, and makes 19 vendors vaguely cranky at me.