RE: mouse alternative

2014-11-21 Thread Davis, David
I had horrible RSI in my mouse-clicking finger back in the bad-old-days of mechanical mice. Modern optical mice have made things a lot better, and I changed mouse-hands to become ambi-mousetrous too, which all helped... I've been using this Microsoft ergonomic keyboard and mouse for the past

RE: mouse alternative

2014-11-21 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: RE: mouse alternative I had horrible RSI in my mouse-clicking finger back in the bad-old-days of mechanical mice. Modern optical mice have made things a lot better, and I changed mouse-hands to become ambi-mousetrous too, which all helped... I've been using

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Alan Litchfield
I like the Apple Track Pad https://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/ Alan On 12/11/14 4:42 am, Stuart Rogers wrote: Hi all, From time to time, people have mentioned problems with RSI due to mouse use. I just came across this device and thought I'd pass it along. I have no other info on it, so

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Steve Rickaby
At 10:42 -0500 11/11/14, Stuart Rogers wrote: From time to time, people have mentioned problems with RSI due to mouse use. I just came across this device and thought I'd pass it along. I have no other info on it, so can't offer a review.

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Mike Wickham
Even better, get a trackball. You rest your hand in place and only move your thumb (plus occasionally click with a finger). Plus, you never run into that PITA issue where your mouse goes off the edge of the mouse pad, but you need to scroll further, so you have to lift the mouse, pull it back

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Robert Lauriston
Using a mouse makes my shoulder stiff and after a half hour or so I'm in serious pain. I don't think that gizmo would help. I switched to trackballs over 20 years ago. On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Stuart Rogers srog...@phoenix-geophysics.com wrote: Hi all, From time to time, people have

RE: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Christenson, Pat
Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:03 AM To: Framers Subject: Re: mouse alternative Using a mouse makes my shoulder stiff and after a half hour or so I'm in serious pain. I don't think that gizmo would help. I switched to trackballs over 20 years ago. On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Robert Lauriston
I move my trackball from one side to the other occasionally to avoid exacerbating any pain on one side. On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Christenson, Pat pchristen...@ftportfolios.com wrote: Also I trained myself to mouse left-handed. I'm naturally right-handed and a chiropractor pointed out

RE: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: mouse alternative I like the Apple Track Pad https://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/ Alan On 12/11/14 4:42 am, Stuart Rogers wrote: Hi all, From time to time, people have mentioned problems with RSI due to mouse use. I just came across this device and thought I'd pass

RE: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
...@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lauriston Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 9:03 AM To: Framers Subject: Re: mouse alternative Using a mouse makes my shoulder stiff and after a half hour or so I'm in serious pain. I don't think that gizmo would help. I switched to trackballs over 20

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Robert Lauriston
, November 11, 2014 9:03 AM To: Framers Subject: Re: mouse alternative Using a mouse makes my shoulder stiff and after a half hour or so I'm in serious pain. I don't think that gizmo would help. I switched to trackballs over 20 years ago. On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 7:42 AM, Stuart Rogers srog

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Fred Wersan
I've been using a Wacom tablet for years. I switch back and forth between the tablet and my mouse to vary the stresses on my fingers and hand. This feather mouse looks like an effort to have a pen without the tablet. Fred -- Fred Wersan VT MAK, Principal Technical Writer 150 Cambridge Park

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Alan Litchfield
Litchfield Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:03 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: mouse alternative I like the Apple Track Pad https://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/ Alan On 12/11/14 4:42 am, Stuart Rogers wrote: Hi all, From time to time, people have mentioned problems with RSI

RE: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Syed Zaeem Hosain (syed.hos...@aeris.net)
Of Alan Litchfield Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:03 AM To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Subject: Re: mouse alternative I like the Apple Track Pad https://www.apple.com/magictrackpad/ Alan On 12/11/14 4:42 am, Stuart Rogers wrote: Hi all, From time to time, people have mentioned

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Mike Wickham
I use my Wacom tablet for drawing, but it also came with a mouse that let's you use the tablet as a trackpad. Perhaps they still have models like that. It was much better than a mouse, but not as nice as a trackball, in my opinion. Mike On 11/11/2014 12:43 PM, Fred Wersan wrote: I've been

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Mike Wickham
Speaking of keyboards, I won't part with my Unicomp buckling spring keyboard. They are the famous, original IBM keyboards that are heavy duty, have a great tactile feel with a nice audible click, and the keycaps are double-injected. So the letters can never wear off them. They should last a

Re: mouse alternative

2014-11-11 Thread Robert Lauriston
Those are all the same bad configuration as far as ergonomics. The Lexmark M15 was fully split with buckling-spring switches. On Tue, Nov 11, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Mike Wickham i...@mikewickham.com wrote: Speaking of keyboards, I won't part with my Unicomp buckling spring keyboard. They are the