Text 61246, 55 rader
Skriven 2010-07-02 15:53:39 av Paul Quinn (3:640/384)
  Kommentar till text 61244 av ED VANCE (1:123/140)
Ärende: Yes!, It Happened To Me!
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Hi! Ed,

On 01 Jul 10 23:05, you wrote to ALL:

 EV> I am Left Handed but I have the Mouse set to the Standard settings for
 EV> a Right Handed user.

So am I, and I've done the same.

 EV> I use my Thumb (on my Left Hand) to press the Right Mouse Button,
 EV> and I press the Left Mouse Button with a couple of my smaller fingers
 EV> on my Left hand to Click or Double Click something.

This is where we deviate.  I use the strongest finger I have for the
left-click.  It's the middle finger on my left hand.  My index/pointer finger
does right-clicks and wheel-scrolling.  My whole left hand is in a direct,
straight, line when using the mouse. No twisting of the wrist or curves
anywhere.  After 26-or-so years of mousing-around I have no trouble or pain.

BTW, I've saved an article from an Australian computer magazine (August 2001)
where the writer quoted his physiotherapist as saying that "right-handed mice
are actually configured wrongly", and recommended that -everyone- ought to use
their left hand for mousing.  Whether that physio was also a south-paw was not
volunteered in the article.

Mind you I also still use an A4-sized mouse pad made out of wetsuit material
that I've had for at least 17 years.  (Back in '93 I used to work with a feller
who did wreck and reef diving, and he made-up two pads out of an offcut.)  If
ever it gets too grubby to dust off I throw it in the washing machine.  It's
still looking good 'coz it was designed to be wet as often as possible.  ;-)

Ahh...

 EV> I was going about my usual routine to Save a .QWK message packet.

[ ...trimmed... ]

 EV> I checked, and all of my saved message files were O. K.

 EV> Boy!, Was I a HAPPY CAMPER!!!!!!!!!!!

 EV> I have heard a long time ago that while using a Windows GUI,
 EV> with ONE CLICK a person could LOSE a lot of files.
 EV> I almost did it with ONE TWITCH!    ;-)

See.  That's what I miss by having a straight-line grip from wrist-to-pointer. 
No curves, twists or twitches.  You're a lucky man, Ed.  Forget about the
lottery ticket this week.  :-)

Cheers,
Paul.

... __________/oo\__________  "Is it OK to come out yet?"
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