Mousing for Lefties and those who mouse with their left hands, some question

[jennyrad]

Following a conversation with my esteemed Cohabitee on the subject of possible-RSI problems and so on, it became apparent that he thought my mouse-use was very weird. I am trying to find out if he is right, and an LJ poll seemed the sensible way to do it

Comments

[lnr]

FWIW I'm right-handed and normally I mouse with my right hand - but as I work in tech I do often find myself using other people's pointing devices - and they come with a wide range of configurations. I find it takes me a few moments to get the hang of a mouse-on-the-left regardless of which way round the buttons are configured - but I do generally get the knack pretty quickly. I think for a left-hand mouse left-click on left button works slightly better for me than swapping the buttons.

If the left-click is on the left I think I use my middle finger for that, and index for right-click - from a quick check moving my mouse over. This could vary though.

Not sure about orientation as I've never looked out for it - I suspect probably north-east. Assuming we're referring to the direction the buttons (and optional wire) point in.

To be honest I have as much trouble with ergonomic keyboards as I do with odd pointing devices.

[ext_1515286]

Left handed (strongly) but I use the mouse with my right hand, with index finger on the left button.

I think my brother has already told you about my (right handed) daughter who uses the mouse with her left hand, and with the mouse 180 degrees away from the angle anyone might be expecting... and with it, she does some pretty amazing cartoons (check her out on miniclip.com/sketchstar - Will will tell you her username

[jmkg]

I'm right-handed but always mouse left-handed. But I still keep the left button for left-clicks (with my middle finger) which often seems to baffle people!

Secret Santa TLL

[diana_molloy]

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[diana_molloy]

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[diana_molloy]

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[jennyrad]

(And I've now made the actual purchase, as well as logging in so you can see the reply!)