Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-10-11 Thread Anthony
James Courtier-Dutton wrote: I have no idea if it will help or not, but I saw a finger mouse on ebay. I bought it and I was surprised that it actually worked. It essentually straps the mouse laser to a finger Mine maps the laptop screen to about one square centimetre of mousepad so it's not

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-10-02 Thread Chris Dennis
On 09/27/2011 02:02 PM, Dr A. J. Trickett wrote: I would say I use to get back/neck pain and that was the result of bad desk height at work, which we sort of fixed and the pain went away. That was nothing to do with mice. Yes, I know I'm late to respond to this topic, but I've been away for a

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-29 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 27 September 2011 08:44, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: Does anybody have any suggestions? A Logitech Marble seems like the sensible choice to try, but I am wondering if something like a Graphics Tablet would make a suitable alternative to a mouse? Thanks for all the suggestions.

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-28 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 28 September 2011 20:52:15 Anton Piatek wrote: Has anyone suggested a keyboard ? I know it is not a mouse, but learning keyboard shortcuts can help a lot with rsi... And just when you know keyboard shortcuts for everything that is important to you, for just that reason, the

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-28 Thread Anton Piatek
I believe there's a very active KDE3 backports (or is it forward? ) community. Anton - Anton Piatek (sent from my phone, please excuse any typos) email: an...@piatek.co.uk blog/photos: http://www.strangeparty.com pgp: [74B1FA37] (http:// www.strangeparty.com/anton.asc) No trees were destroyed in

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-28 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 27 September 2011 23:20:09 Philip Stubbs wrote: When it first happened, I did look it up and it seems there are lots of different types. Yes, but I think that they all broadly classify as one or other of Rheumatic or Osteo-. Osteo means that the bones are damaged, and I doubt that

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-28 Thread Lisi
On Wednesday 28 September 2011 20:59:24 Anton Piatek wrote: I believe there's a very active KDE3 backports (or is it forward? ) community. Yup. It was called Trinity-KDE, but the KDE crowd complained, so it is now called TDE, or Trinity Desktop. Lisi -- Please post to:

[Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
Seems like I am going to be suffering with Arthritic hands from here on in. Yay! :-( The mouse is starting to cause me a problem. It is not holding the mouse, but straightening my hands after holding it, even after a relatively short period. Before things get too bad, I would like to try

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, Does anybody have any suggestions? A Logitech Marble seems like the sensible choice to try, but I am wondering if something like a Graphics Tablet would make a suitable alternative to a mouse? Sounds glib but variety is the spice of life. I try to use lots of different positions, so I'm

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Victor Churchill
This is turning into HantsLug Old Crocks Division ;-) My wrists ache, so I try and stop every hour and use a folded towel as a wrist rest Internet Wars have been fought over wrist rests some folk seem to think they are Bad. I had one of those slidey gel ones built into a mouse-mat frame

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 27 September 2011 08:44, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: Seems like I am going to be suffering with Arthritic hands from here on in. Yay! :-( The mouse is starting to cause me a problem. It is not holding the mouse, but straightening my hands after holding it, even after a

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Chris Liddell
On 27/09/11 09:45, James Courtier-Dutton wrote: On 27 September 2011 08:44, Philip Stubbs phi...@stuphi.co.uk wrote: SNIP I suppose the best option is to try each and maybe document your findings on the wiki, so that other people can benefit. I don't have Arthritic hands so my suggestions

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread s...@funkygibbins.me.uk
I have sent some suggestions to Philip off-list, but as the list of people contributing grows would offer the following advice: remember that your employer has an obligation to provide you with a workplace that does not encourage or aggravate health problems, so that may be a good starting

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
On 27/09/2011 09:41, Victor Churchill wrote: Got a Logitech Marble this year when I doubled up the systems on my desktop (and no I don't want a KVM switch ;-) mainly because of its Question - does anyone know of a dual head KVM that is not silly money. -- Please post to:

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Jacqui Caren-home
On 27/09/2011 09:41, Victor Churchill wrote: Got a Logitech Marble this year when I doubled up the systems on my desktop (and no I don't want a KVM switch ;-) mainly because of its Question - does anyone know of a dual head KVM that is not silly money. -- Please post to:

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread James Courtier-Dutton
On 27 September 2011 10:41, Jacqui Caren-home jacqui.ca...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 27/09/2011 09:41, Victor Churchill wrote: Got a Logitech Marble this year when I doubled up the systems on my desktop (and no I don't want a KVM switch ;-) mainly because of its Question - does anyone know of a

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Bob Dunlop
On Tue, Sep 27 at 10:41, Jacqui Caren-home wrote: On 27/09/2011 09:41, Victor Churchill wrote: Got a Logitech Marble this year when I doubled up the systems on my desktop (and no I don't want a KVM switch ;-) mainly because of its Question - does anyone know of a dual head KVM that is not

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Vic
just a bit of open source software called Synergy. I've got that running here (on customer site). Unfortunately, I put the synergy server on the Windows box (my Linux box is *seriously* short on RAM). It has a nasty habit of thinking about things for multiple seconds. That can leave me unable

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Paul Tansom
** Jacqui Caren-home jacqui.ca...@ntlworld.com [2011-09-27 10:43]: On 27/09/2011 09:41, Victor Churchill wrote: Got a Logitech Marble this year when I doubled up the systems on my desktop (and no I don't want a KVM switch ;-) mainly because of its Question - does anyone know of a dual head

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 at 08:44:57AM +0100, Philip Stubbs wrote: Seems like I am going to be suffering with Arthritic hands from here on in. Yay! :-( On my laptop I use a Logitech Wireless Mouse M305 which is tiny and I find more comfortable than a standard sized mouse I use at work. On my

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Vic
Seems like I am going to be suffering with Arthritic hands from here on in. Yay! :-( Don't sweat it too much. My fingers were the first of my joints to succumb to arthritis. That was over 30 years ago. If you let your condition dictate what you can do, then you will rapidly become severely

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Damian L Brasher
On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 14:08 +0100, Vic wrote: Seems like I am going to be suffering with Arthritic hands from here on in. Yay! :-( Don't sweat it too much. I went round the Beaulieu Auto Jumble the other week. A full day of walking around on uneven ground. My hips complained mightily the

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread RobinT Catling
Almost enough working body parts among us to make up one complete geek... Many years ago a colleague at IBM suffered arthritis. Her solution: - lower the desk to the right working height - cut a foam block for a forearm rest - turn up sensitivity on the mouse so a tiny movement crossed the screen

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Victor Churchill
On 27 September 2011 17:31, RobinT Catling fullcirclepodc...@googlemail.com wrote: then take regular breaks with relaxation exercises so as not to get fixed in one position. There's a web app for that... -- best regards, Victor Churchill, Bournemouth -- Please post to:

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 27/09/11 20:09, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: If it's of any help, I have found the Lenovo A6010 mouse, together with a gel-pad mouse mat (available from most good £pound shops) help enormously with the kind of 'hand fatigue' which crept up on me a few years back There's a crude

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Chris. Aubrey-Smith
On 27 September 2011 21:23, Sean Gibbins s...@funkygibbins.me.uk wrote: On 27/09/11 20:09, Chris. Aubrey-Smith wrote: If it's of any help, I have found the Lenovo A6010 mouse, together with a gel-pad mouse mat (available from most good £pound shops) help enormously with the kind of 'hand

Re: [Hampshire] Pointing device for arthritic hands

2011-09-27 Thread Philip Stubbs
On 27 September 2011 20:30, Lisi hants...@googlemail.com wrote: On Tuesday 27 September 2011 08:44:57 Philip Stubbs wrote: Seems like I am going to be suffering with Arthritic hands from here on in. Yay! :-( Osteo-arthritis or rheumatoid-arthritis? Lisi When it first happened, I did look