On Friday 07 July 2006 12:13 am, Hector Noriega wrote: > Hello, > > This might be a common experience (or a well-known fact) among GIMP > users. I just want to say that I just recovered from De Quervain's > disease after an intensive week using GIMP. I'm not familiar with > the new versions of this software, but mine requires keeping both > my thumb and index finger pressed against the mouse while painting > and retouching pictures. I did this for 4-5 days, 3-4 > non-interrupted hours a day. I ended up with a strong pain in my > wrist due to the inflammed tendons at the base of my thumb (De > Quervain's disease). My right hand was practically inoperational > for 2 1/2 months. A corticosteroid injection and a constant routine > of ice and medication saved me from a wrist surgery. I could not > believe a mouse could induce such damage to my hand while using > GIMP. > > H. Noriega > > Hi,
as already replied, all known painting software require the mouse button to be pressed while painting. However very few users actually go painting 4-5 hours uninterrupted - of course, if that is a routine task, the first thing is to get an appropriate mouse that will be more anatomical. That should minimize things. The motive I am writing however is another one: Mr. Noriega, can you think of a better way of handling painting with the input devices found in most computers? (i.e. keyboard and mouse - maybe mic). The GIMP is comunity based, and you can help us build a better software> Even one that gets ahead the commercial counterparts in some respects. What I ask of you is the following: use your experience and comunity discussion to get to a nice proposal of how the interface could be improved so that such an usage could be more pleasant. Then attach what you get to to a feature request to the gimp (this can be done at http://bugzilla.gimp.org) The GIMP is written and maintained by volunteers, so there is no guarantee that whatever you suggest will be veer implemented - but most likely, someone will be interested enough to take it ahead. Regards, JS -><- > _______________________________________________ > Gimp-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
