Jon Wilks wrote: > I'm beginning to get pain in my shoulder through over use of the mouse. > I have seen other alternatives like a mouse pen or a track ball mouse > and wonder if anyone has experience of these things and recommend their use. > > It would have to work under Fedora 10 or Ubuntu of course :-) > > I'd like to add my experiences to those already expressed
I got RSI from mouse use, both at work and at home. I tried a few things, all of which helped to some extent: A guy I worked with said try swapping the mouse to your other hand . It'll take a couple of days to get use to it, but it will be OK. You don't need to swap the buttons over. This worked in that it allowed my RH to rest. I got a mouse mat with a built-in wrist rest at work. I guess this falls under "check your overall posture etc". I haven't found I need one at home. For some applications, you can get used to keyboard control instead of mouse control (e.g. scroll using the page-up/page-down keys instead of the mouse wheel). Lastly, if you rest you wrist on the desk when using the keyboard, you may need to get a wrist rest for that too. I don't need that, but some people I know have found it very useful. My RSI has gone and not returned. Mike D -- Please post to: [email protected] Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
