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- From: redrose@coho.halcyon.com (Joan L. Brewer)
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- Subject: Re: Mouse resolution
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 06:45:52 GMT
- Organization: Northwest Nexus, Inc. - Professional Internet Services
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- Chris Lawrence (Contra) (clawrenc@xsvr1.cup.hp.com) wrote:
- : MD Cohn (copydoc@netwalk.com) wrote:
- : : the microsoft mouse is pretty good, ergonomic, but not cheap (~$50)
- : : had a logitec 3-button and preferred that one *only* because of the
- : : programmable third button.
-
- : Without reservation I loathe the new "ergonomic" MS mouse. The old soap bars
- : were not too bad. The new one is too big, too heavy, and requires that I
- : place my whole hand on it and thus have whole arm get involved in moving the
- : mouse. I like small mice that I can hold whith just the tips of a few fingers
- : touching, the base of my palm on the desk, an move purely by the flexure of
- : my fingers and wrist.
-
-
- Here, here! I second that one. I don't know who MS is hired fo
- ergonomics, but they are definitely brain dead idiots. I use my thumb and
- little finger on either side of my mouse to move it and place my fingers
- on the buttons. My palm is always at rest and my arm almost never moves.
- I keep my mouse on a stand next to my chair and my arm rest on it. I'm
- handicapped and have problems using my upper arms but my finger work just
- fine as long as I don't use my arms. My keyboard is on my lab and I have
- a high back chair with my head rested. I know that my setup is the best
- ergonomic system because it is the only way I can type. Normal people
- don't understand just how much muscle action these systems take in a
- normal office situation. It's very damaging. Repetive movements cause me
- to get palsy, but can cause problems to others too.
-
- I even do 3d graphics with my right hand and I'm left handed. I have no
- control over my right arm at all.
-
- J~
-
- http://www.halcyon.com/redrose/menu.html http://nwlink.com/~animedia/
-
- : This whole arm and hand thing is tiring and a PITA.
-
- : --
- : J C Lawrence Internet: coder@ibm.net
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