[Shop-talk] keyboard help

[David C.]

I dunno.  I'm right handed but I have been mousing left handed for over 
15 years.  If I go back to a right handed mouse for any length of time I 
get tendinitis in my right hand/wrist pretty soon.  It drives my 
coworkers and the IS people nuts.

Randall wrote:
> FWIW, I'm right handed, but use the mouse left handed to reduce the load on
> my right hand.  I was getting pain that I suspected was related to carpal
> tunnel syndrome, and it slowly got better after switching the mouse to the
> left.  I pound buttons for a living though, I doubt a more casual user would
> have a problem.