Fernando Cassia wrote:
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Rick Sewill <rsewill@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have a question on using a Joystick as a mouse in Fedora.
I wish to avoid getting carpal tunnel syndrome.
I noticed, when I use regular mice, I have poor hand position.
So far, my wrist is okay...but it gets red if I'm not careful.
What you need is a TRACKBALL. A good, old-fashioned Trackball.
I use one... the Kensington Expert Mouse 5.0 (don´t let words fool
you, it´s a TRACKBALL).
It uses a PS2 connection so no special drivers are needed. Find one on eBay...
Your wrist moves very little -if at all- and you can move the ball
with the tip of your fingers...
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/96/Trackball-Kensington-ExpertMouse5.jpg
FC
I know that I am late in this conversation but I have used this for
years. I second the idea of a real track ball.
http://us.kensington.com/html/2200.html
I have one at work and one at home. It uses the fingers or palm of your
hand. I have mine set to use three buttons but it can be programmed to
use other features. The ring around the ball is the scroll wheel which
is great.
I have enough control to edit photo's or do drafting drawings.
It comes with a wrist pad.
The only issue is, if I get lazy, I will put my wrist in an odd angle.
I have had to change the micro switches on the one at home. It gets
used quite a lot by the whole family.
I know someone that had issues with CTS and went for the thumb ball and
ended up in worse shape.
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Robin Laing
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