[Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-13 Thread D. Jones
To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.eduMessage-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowedAnother alternative would be to signal the start and end of the draw operation with a key onthe keyboard.It would require 2 hands, but at least relieve the need to constantly be pressingwith a finger on the mouse.Davi

[Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-13 Thread D. Jones
edAnother alternative would be to signal the start and end of the draw operation with a key onthe keyboard.It would require 2 hands, but at least relieve the need to constantly be pressingwith a finger on the mouse.David>From: Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.

Re: [GIMP-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-09 Thread Michael Schumacher
VytautasP wrote: > H. Noriega wrote: >> The conclusion : Beware of irresponsible use of the mouse. De >> Quervain’s disease is definitely deceptive and resembles a >> broken bone: it takes weeks/months to heal. > And it takes 5min break per hour to avoid it. There are even tools to remind you

Re: [GIMP-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-09 Thread VytautasP
The conclusion : Beware of irresponsible use of the mouse. De Quervain’s disease is definitely deceptive and resembles a broken bone: it takes weeks/months to heal. H. Noriega And it takes 5min break per hour to avoid it. ___ Gimp-user

Re:[GIMP-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-09 Thread Hector Noriega
Hi, Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. My message about De Quervain’s disease-GIMP connection was not meant to be a complaint about the GIMP or any other software. I just wanted to point out two things: 1) that we can definitely end up with painful, inflamed

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-09 Thread Rikard Johnels
the mouse. > > David > > >From: Roel Schroeven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: gimp-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu > >Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease > >Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:34:11 +0200 > > > >Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris s

RE: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-08 Thread david burzota
p-user@lists.xcf.berkeley.edu Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 17:34:11 +0200 Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris schreef: 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 us

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-08 Thread Doug
Gilles Maltais wrote: A good solution would be to use a pen tablet. I have a big Wacom 12-inch which is good for graphics but for general pointing use, a small one would be infinitely better than a mouse for EVERYBODY. BTW, are there lefthanders on the list ? I would like to know how th

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Akkana Peck
Jeffrey Brent McBeth writes: > I would consider mouse toggling to be an accessibility issue best dealt with > at a desktop level (GTK/Gnome/Whatever) rather than application specific > hacks. When I saw the original request I was thinking of suggesting a "sticky mouse" option, equivalent to the "s

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Gilles Maltais
A good solution would be to use a pen tablet.  I have a big Wacom 12-inch which is good for graphics but for general pointing use, a small one would be infinitely better than a mouse for EVERYBODY. BTW, are there lefthanders on the list ?  I would like to know how they handle their mouse.  Per

Re: [Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Jeffrey Brent McBeth
On Fri, Jul 07, 2006 at 05:34:11PM +0200, Roel Schroeven wrote: > > There's one relatively simple change I can think of, that could reduce > problems as the one experienced by Hector: instead of requiring the user > to hold the mouse button pushed down during a drawing operation, it's > possibl

[Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Roel Schroeven
Joao S. O. Bueno Calligaris schreef: 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

[Gimp-user] Re: GIMP can induce De Quervain's disease

2006-07-07 Thread Roel Schroeven
VytautasP schreef: On Friday 07 July 2006 12:13 am, Hector Noriega wrote: 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. And make breaks once in a while. Exercise