My comment is way off base compared to others, but I've been a pretty
active swimmer for a long, long time and I've never had a wrist or hand
problem from also being a mouser for a long, long time. I don't know if
swimming is a good cure for the problem, but it's my experience is that
it's a good preventative. So, move some water with your wrist and arms and
they'll grow stronger---just don't wreck your shoulder doing it!
Tim Rood
Ravenna Planning Associates
Seattle, WA
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> From: Lindsay Giles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: MI HELP!
> Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 8:40 AM
>
> Good call!
> I switched about 7 years ago to a left-handed mouse because the keyboard
> itself is not configured efficiently for GIS or other technical
> applications. Anything requiring numeric input means that a right-handed
> mouser needs to continually move the right hand back and forth from the
> mouse to the numeric keypad - a real pain in more ways than one. For
those
> who maintain that they "just couldn't" mouse left-handed, you would be
> amazed how quickly you become proficient. It helps your work flow, and,
> since doing this full time since Win 3.0 was a gleam in Bill Gates' eye,
I
> have never suffered from any wrist/arm disorders (I won't talk about any
> lingering mental disorders...).
>
> Happily converted southpaw,
>
> Lindsay Giles
> Senior GIS Analyst
>
> AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd
> Suite 600-555 4th Ave. SW
> Calgary, AB
> T2P 3E7
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Knudsen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 9:34 PM
> To: 'Vicky Higgins'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: MI HELP!
>
> Vicky,
>
> Sorry to hear about your problem.
>
> I am not being facetious, but I would suggest to everyone who suffers
from
> hand/wrist problems when mousing to try switching hands. It is amazing
that
> we use our right (or left) hands for something like using the mouse
simply
> because we are right (left) handed. I was suffering from aches, pains,
> tingling, weakness, etc in the right wrist and hand so switched to
mousing
> with the left hand - it wasn't all that difficult.
>
> Not only does this shift relieve the right hand of all the wear and tear,
> but leaves it free for those often used keys such as Enter and Delete. It
> can even reduce the stresses on the mouse hand because you can usually
> press Enter instead of having to click on OK (although of course MapInfo
> has several areas where this is a pain as well!).
>
> One suggestion that might reduce the strain is to look at the voice
> activated systems that allow you to operate menus verbally - I guess
you
> will still need something to point with, but it may reduce the strain.
>
> Good luck
>
> Mark Knudsen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vicky Higgins
> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:06 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: MI HELP!
>
> I have been mapping with MapInfo for 3+ years.
>
> While I use a light grip on my Intellimouse, the
> hours-days-weeks-months-years
> have taken their toll.
> I have cause some irreparable nerve damage to my right arm.
>
> Has anyone used, or know of any, alternatives to a mouse?
>
> I have looked at the "Smart Cat" by Cirque, but it appears to still
require
> some
> hand-draping over the device.
>
> If there is any help out there, I would greatly appreciate it.
>
>
> Vicky Higgins
> Atlanta
>
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