19.133 ergonomic mouse-mats

               Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 19, No. 133.
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   [1] From: Joris van Zundert <joris.van.zundert_at_gmail.com> (12)
         Subject: Re: 19.129 ergonomic mouse-mat?

   [2] From: Eric H. <eric.homich_at_utoronto.ca> (10)
         Subject: Re: 19.129 ergonomic mouse-mat?

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         Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 06:16:58 +0100
         From: Joris van Zundert <joris.van.zundert_at_gmail.com>
         Subject: Re: 19.129 ergonomic mouse-mat?

Dear Willard,

I think I've read in some newspaper articles a few years ago that it
was found to be never wise to use a wrist support, precisely because
they restrict the movement of one's wrist. This 'locking' of the
wrist was compared to a pianoplayer reaching for nearby keys without
actually moving his arms, but only the fingers. That would result in
RSI pretty fast.

Most people I know having strain problems from mousing resolved in
the end to using a trackball, most of them seemed to be pretty happy
with that solution.

Hope this helps, y.s.,
Joris van Zundert

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         Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2005 06:17:37 +0100
         From: Eric H. <eric.homich_at_utoronto.ca>
         Subject: Re: 19.129 ergonomic mouse-mat?

Dear Dr. McCarty:

Have you tried a vertical mouse? Or another type of mouse design? I
confess I'm still using a traditional mouse but the designs on the
following sites look intruiguing:
http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/input/743d/
http://www.evoluent.com/
http://www.fentek-ind.com/ergmouse.htm

Eric Homich
PhD student, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto
eric.homich_at_utoronto.ca
Received on Sat Jul 09 2005 - 01:55:17 EDT