On Monday 03 Sep 2007 3:34 am, Shyam Visweswaran wrote: > I suppose what you mean is that you took a > standard right handed mouse and started using it > with the left hand without switching the button
Precisely > functions. Does that mean that left handers may > have less RSI since most of the time they just > use a regular mouse and move it to the left side > to use it with the left hand? I don't know the answer to that one, but... > Then I got an ergonomic rodent which esentially > moves your hand from the standard pronated > position (plan down) to the semi-pronated > position (handshake position). Your point about semi-pronation versus forced pronation is an interesting and important one that I did not think of. A "neutral" mouse that is not designed for right handers forces you to pronate your right hand when you use your index finger to left-click. The same mouse, with no button switching, allows you to use your longer middle finger for left clicking (as I indicated earlier) but importantly - it automatically allows your left hand to remain semi-pronated. Surely that plays a role in comfort. Of course there are a couple of other aids that I use. Single clicking in Linux reduces the number of clicks by perhaps 30-40%. And despite using an optical mouse, I use a mouse pad with a cushion to rest my hypothenar eminence (part of the heel of my hand for the rest of you folks :) ) shiv
