On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 7:57 AM, James Bertelson <ja...@bertelson.me> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 4:45 PM, Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com>wrote: > >> I use a trackball, and did since 1996 when a mouse gave me tendinitis of >> the right elbow. Accupunture cured that and it's not recurred. >> >> My current trackball is a Logitech optical wireless that allows the >> middle >> fingers to work the ball and the thumb to work the left button; it also has >> a scroll wheel. I _really_ like it. The previous two trackballs were >> configured to use the thumb on the ball that that is a terrible design; the >> thumb does not have the fine motor control of the fingers. >> >> > About 3 years ago I started developing discomfort in my mouse wrist as > well. Rather than actually getting it checked out, I too switched to a > trackball, and it went away very quickly. I will offer a differing opinion > on the thumb-control though, I tried both and find my accuracy greater on > the thumb controlled devices. Give both a shot and see what works. > Additionally, the modern wireless Logitechs with the mini USB receiver have > been plug and play on every linux machine I've used them on. Best of luck. > _______________________________________________
That wrist thing is likely DeQuervain's syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Quervain_syndrome) I had/have that. I switched to the left hand and it went away for a number of years. It is back, but I do not use the right hand for the mouse, so it must be caused/aggravated by other things. -Denis _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
