[Gllug] RSI: Was VACANCY: Site Reliability Engineering

[Aaron Trevena]

2009/2/26 - Tethys <tethys at gmail.com>:
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:07 AM, j.roberts <j.roberts at stabilys.com> wrote:
>
>> has anyone tried one of those sideways-style mice that enable the wrist
>> to be used unrotated?
>
>> If so wondered how you got on with it?
>
> Yep. I found them awkward to use and more uncomfortable than a normal
> mouse. The one I found best was a pistol grip style mouse, the name of
> which escapes me right now. Think of a Quickshot II joystick fixed in
> the vertical position with the suckers removed and replaced by an
> optical mouse mechanism, and you'll get the idea.

Just wondering if I'm unusual in that I've found that using a laptop
with a trackpad has lead to no problems (touch wood) vs quite frequent
tendonitus when using a mouse.

I'm giving serious thought to the nice laptop style keyboard that IBM
and some others do. I don't think normal keyboards are comfortable now
at all.

A.

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