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To: Michelino who wrote (612)5/7/1998 10:34:00 AM
From: Sowbug  Read Replies (2) of 14778
 
Any guesses as to how comfortable it would be for someone with tendonitis of the wrist or severe carpal tunnel? Someone I know has got it bad and we're investigating even foot driven replacements for a mouse (if economical versions exist).

I have terrible CTS and find a trackpad indispensable. They key is not using your hand/finger tendons whenever possible and relying on the less delicate arm. Thus:

Wristrests are bad (they encourage you to plant your hands and focus all movement on your fingers);

Trackballs are bad (similar reason);

Mice are somewhat bad (you click with your finger while your hand is gripping the mouse, again focusing the movement on the finger);

Intellimouse is especially bad (if you use that wheel, you're combining the worst aspects of the mouse with an especially harmful version of the trackball, because with a trackball at least you vary the direction you're moving the pointing finger);

Trackpads are wonderful (you move and click with your entire arm).
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