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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