just turn the keyboard upside down.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Enoch Ihde <[email protected]> wrote: > i'm a lefty, and really haven't had issues using softimage or maya. way > back in the day in 3ds max, i went to the bother of remapping everything to > the right side of the keyboard, but when i switched to softimage, the > entire num pad was already assigned to commands (i have a weird reluctance > to overwrite existing mappings, just add to them). > > of course, a pretty handed agnostic setup would be to have spacebar be the > button to activate camera navigation (certain application comes to mind).. > and then some kind of simple remap mirror setup (with H or whatever being > the axis). > > but really, i've never really had any wrist issues, in fact, in many ways, > i think having the right hand on the keyboard works very well for > softimage. with my index on s, i can easily reach the other frequently hit > keys (7-0, tyui, ]) etc with my pinky.... > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I was half poking fun, it's actually a nifty gadget. Doesn't look that >> small (any she said jokes?), but I guess on the right of the keyboard it >> might be viable. >> You could also consider a nostromo game pad at that point. I tried using >> one for a while actually but it didn't click for me, they're not bad >> though, and a good deal cheaper than that pad. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:28 AM, Eric Turman <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> Its small enough to co-exist with a normal keyboard, so you can still >>> script. Meh, just thought I'd toss it out there for what it was worth. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 6:23 PM, Raffaele Fragapane < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Moving the keyboard to the right sorts the same effect, though you >>>> don't get to choose the spacing and rearrange the arc. Neither goes any >>>> length to addressing the fact that if you frequently both write and >>>> interact (something Matt does, I'm sure) it's not a viable solution. >>>> You need your keyboard mostly centered and your wrists more or less >>>> spaced a certain way. If you're a lefty it's not possible, currently. >>>> >>>> Does XSI fare any better for lefties? I wouldn't know, I'm properly >>>> handed :p >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Eric Turman <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> I just use this (http://ergodex.com/mainpage.htm) with 50 keys and >>>>> call it a day :P that way I don't have to deal with remapping the >>>>> applications because the device switches its keyboard mapping based on >>>>> which application is active. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship >>>> it and let them flee like the dogs they are! >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -=T=- >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Our users will know fear and cower before our software! Ship it! Ship it >> and let them flee like the dogs they are! >> > >
