[CUBE] Alternative mice, wrist conservation

[david sarcastix]

I have regular old mice, graphics tablets and track balls..

Graphics tablets are GREAT for some things (for me) not so good with others.
I don¹t like to support and hold up a pen all that much.. And it actually
gives me more cramping and discomfort of all the three.  But I use them
because they are PERFECT for so many tasks that Mice and Trackballs are
lousy at.

I LOVE trackballs, currently using wireless Kensington Expert Mouse Pro for
most things (NOT photoshop!!) and a wired Kensington Expert Mouse.

Let us not forget all the myriad of programmable possibilities available
with the high-end trackballs.  You get WAY more than just a better way to
move a pointer around.. I was very happily surprised at all the different
features on my Kensington's...

There should be a way you can RENT these things, as they are so personal,
and the extra features can be amazing (or maybe I'm easily impressed).

I would include an attachment of a jpeg to show some of this stuff.. But
that's not kosher here, right?

I'm serious though.. If you can borrow what you want to buy, it could make a
big difference in what you end up with.

David 

http://www.sarcastix.com






Riba6/6/04 3:28 PMriba at hi.hinet.hr

>> If you are worried about saving your wrist you should look into a
>> graphics tablet. Working with a tablet has almost certainly saved me
>> from surgery to fix my wrists.   I work on a computer (doing a lot of
>> graphics work) all day long and my wrists really started to kill me
>> before I converted over to a graphics tablet years ago. I now have a
>> small Wacom tablet on my Cube at home and large tablet at work and
>> find both work well.
> 
> Hmm, very interesting, I wonder how this eluded me. I also experienced
> terrible pains so I had to give up on mice...I guess it is time to do
> some research on the tablet market, I;m sure there are cheaper models
> that are meant to replace the input device and not to act as a graphic
> designer's tool :) I remember Graphire...
> ...and as a bonus I get to use Inkwell :)
> 
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