[DM-MUG] Computer use and ergonomics....mouses? [mice?]

[CW Smith]

Have you considered using a trackball instead of a mouse?  It doesn't move
around on the table (no mouse pad required), and you don't have to grip it,
just move the ball and click with the appropriate finger.  I love mine so
much I bought three (one for each laptop and one on the KVM switch between
my 6500 and my -eek!- PC).

As with any product, you can spend as much as you want on a trackball, but
Logitech makes a good USB optical model for about $20 at CompUSEless.  No
drivers required in OS 9 or X -- will need drivers for Windoze 98-2000-ME-XP
(CD included).  It even has a PS/2 adapter for the older, non-USB Wintels.

Here's a link to the one I'm using on the Logitech site:

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2150,CONTENTID
=5003

Hope this helps.

Peace,
CW


On 6/3/05 1:03 PM, "Victoria L. Herring" <vlh at herringlaw.com> wrote:

> I am developing a type of 'tennis elbow' and believe it's linked to
> gripping the mouse hard...so far massage therapy has been able to to
> work it out but I can't very well do that each day and I want to
> catch it before it gets really bad....any thoughts on what to do?  My
> chair and keyboard are at good height [or lack thereof], I do try to
> use L mouse [I reattached it so I could shift on and off], use
> keyboard and Wacom tablet but the right arm/hand still gets pretty
> painful by end of a hard day [I am getting this mainly working on
> photographs - not lawyering so much]
> 
> Would a larger mouse or different one be better?  Using the index
> finger alot is a problem [I have a 2 button scrollwheel wireless
> mouse] too.
> 
> [I would imagine the graphic artists amongst us have dealt with this]
> 
> Thanks for any help!!!



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