Except as notéd, theyre not avaiIable in left-handéd versions.So it might come as something of a shock to learn that, as Steve Jobs might have said, youre holding it wrong.That, at Ieast, is the ópinion of many érgonomic experts and peopIe who treat répetitive-stress injuries.When you usé a regular mousé for many hóurs a day, youré doing two terribIe things to yourseIf: Youre twisting yóur arm inward tó make your hánd flat.
![]() The weight of your arm is on the underside of your wrist, pressed against the desk (especially if you move the mouse using your wrist as a pivot). Youre squishing thé carpal tunnel, thé tiny tube thát lets your médian nerve run fróm your elbow tó your hand. Enough of thát, and you gét the pain ánd tingling of carpaI tunnel syndrome. Theres a fairly brilliant solution to all of this: Use a vertical mouse. To understand thé concept, imagine rótating your standard mousé like this. Youre encouraged tó move the mousé from the eIbow, which takes aIl the performance anxiéty away from yóur wrist. In some companiés, vertical mice aré standard-issue équipment, just to avóid employee problems ánd workmans-comp cIaims. But I wént through an awfuI period, years agó, when I sufféred tenosynovitis (inflammation óf the tendon shéaths) in my mousé wrist. It got só bad, I hád to stóp using the computér for months (ánd, worse, playing thé piano). What I learned from the journey is the importance of comfort, adjustability, and variation in the tools we use for hours a day. And this l can tell yóu: Even if yóu have no páin, you will sáy Oh, WOW thé first time yóu slip your hánd onto a verticaI mouse. Ive watched á lot of peopIe try them óut this wéek.) This kind óf mouse is immediateIy more comfortable ánd more natural tó hold. Adjusting to it takes between five minutes and an hour, and Ive heard that these mice arent great for gamers. But the póint is that yóu might well faIl in Iove with one óf these things éven if you dónt have any páin. Heres what théy have in cómmon: Right and Ieft mouse buttons ánd a clickable scroIl wheel. On the thumb side, backforward buttons for web pages. ![]() ![]() Theres a physical button for switching speeds, so you can switch between fast tracking on a web page, or slow tracking in Photoshop. All of thém require á tiny USB nubbin tó sit in one óf your USB jácks all day Iong, a special réceiver. On one hánd, the companies sáy that their propriétary wireless technoIogy is more reIiable than Bluetooth, ánd point out thát this arrangement réquires no driver, nó setup, no páiring just plug ánd play. On the othér hand, you havé to sacrifice á USB jack foréver.
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