Re:The Rebel Real: an attempt to design a new mouse
by dbcurtis on Monday November 12, 2018 @06:36PM
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I had a case of “trackball thumb” that pained me for years. I went to myofascial therapy to deal with a shoulder that also pained me for years — enough to drive me to therapy. Shoulder took 3 treatments. At one session, I asked to have the thumb looked at. Thumb took 10 minutes — an astounding result. Pain gone.
YMMV but as the software engineer said: “It works for me.”
Re:The Rebel Real: an attempt to design a new mouse
by wkearney99 on Monday November 12, 2018 @07:19PM
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Logitech unit? Those suck.
I've been using Microsoft's (long discontinued) Trackball Explorer and it's fantastically comfortable to use. The ball gets rolled with the fingers and the thumb does the right-click and scroll wheel.
I've laid in spares for the inevitable time when this one dies.
Re:The Rebel Real: an attempt to design a new mouse
by dbcurtis on Monday November 12, 2018 @07:43PM
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I switch it up now. I have about every trackball available. Just my way of taking the R out of RSI.
Re:The Rebel Real: an attempt to design a new mouse
by Wildgoose on Tuesday November 13, 2018 @03:25AM
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Snap!
I have one for at work, one for home and one as a spare.
Fantastic mouse - very comfortable. I find its use intuitive but it is entertaining to watch people try it for the first time.
I have not really used a mouse since. I switched entirely to a combination of TrackPoint and Magic Trackpad. But it still hurts to this day to make that movement, even in the air.
Most vertical and ergonomic mice do not help, as despite benefits such as vertical grips they continue to use mostly standard index and middle finger movements for the clicking. I'd need something such as thumb-based buttons.
This mouse looks interesting as it appears to change the clicking movement itself. I'd love to be able to play an FPS again...