On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 05:56:05PM +1200, David Mann wrote: > On Apr 13, 2006, at 6:43 AM, Illinois Bill wrote: > > > I also have had some trouble with pre-carple tunnel symptoms. > >My solution right now (besides the physical therapy) has been to > >utilize different pointing devices depending on where i am. In my > >work office, I have a USB Microsoft Trackball (the kind controlled > >by your thumb). In my home office, I have another trackball > >controlled by the fingers. Most of the rest of the time I use the > >trackpad on my G4. Other computers I use have the standard 2 > >button mice. This seems to work for me most of the time, though > >occasionally, I still have spasms. > > I've seen people using vertical mice, which look like a little angled > joystick. I presume that they ruin your forearm rather than your > wrist, because the wrist remains in a fixed position as you shove the > thing around.
I just taught myself to mouse with either hand, so I can switch if I begin to show any initial signs of RSI. I tried trackballs, and they are just fine for some things, but I can't work as fast with one as I can with a mouse. Not that slowing down is necessarily bad ...
