I currently use - across my various computers, 1. Logitech VX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse for Notebooks (very smooth tracking - glides) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000HCRVUS
2. Apple wired Mighty Mouse (bad for gaming as Jace observed - don't really recommend this to anyone - there are cheaper, better mice, IMO) http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/StoreReentry.wo?productLearnMore=MB112LL/A 3. Logitech MX500 Optical Mouse (Really nice for most uses) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00006HZ0K and, on my primary desktop, 1. Microsoft Natural Ergo Keyboard 4000 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A6PPOK/ I am considering getting an ergonomic vertical mouse, specifically an Evoluent v3 http://www.ergopro.com/index.cfm?obj=prodDetails&pID=439 Shiv, does the vertical mouse really make sense - by looking at the twisted bones on the catalog pic, it certainly looks like the vertical mouse will help. Cheeni On 9/3/07, shiv sastry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 03 Sep 2007 3:34 am, Shyam Visweswaran wrote: > > I suppose what you mean is that you took a > > standard right handed mouse and started using it > > with the left hand without switching the button > > Precisely > > > functions. Does that mean that left handers may > > have less RSI since most of the time they just > > use a regular mouse and move it to the left side > > to use it with the left hand? > > I don't know the answer to that one, but... > > > Then I got an ergonomic rodent which esentially > > moves your hand from the standard pronated > > position (plan down) to the semi-pronated > > position (handshake position). > > Your point about semi-pronation versus forced pronation is an interesting and > important one that I did not think of. A "neutral" mouse that is not designed > for right handers forces you to pronate your right hand when you use your > index finger to left-click. > > The same mouse, with no button switching, allows you to use your longer middle > finger for left clicking (as I indicated earlier) but importantly - it > automatically allows your left hand to remain semi-pronated. Surely that > plays a role in comfort. > > Of course there are a couple of other aids that I use. Single clicking in > Linux reduces the number of clicks by perhaps 30-40%. And despite using an > optical mouse, I use a mouse pad with a cushion to rest my hypothenar > eminence (part of the heel of my hand for the rest of you folks :) ) > > shiv > >
