Vertical Mouse
June 26th 2007 11:12
My son has been one of thousands of IT workers who’ve suffered problems from excessive mouse usage. Part of the problem, I believe, is that mouse users tend to keep their wrist on the work table and have their hand at an angle all the time. This eventually causes strain. The repetitive use by the forefinger doesn’t help either.
I’ve overcome problems I’ve had by shifting my mouse from the right to the left hand for periods of time. I’m naturally a little ambidextrous, but I don’t suppose most people would actually find this any harder after a couple of days of usage.
However, better than changing hands (or an alternative, anyway) is a new mouse that’s now available. It’s vertical in style, rather than horizontal. That is, instead of the hand lying over the mouse, it sits at right angles to the desk, more in a handshake position.
Evoluent, the makers, claim that the vertical position is much less stressful for the hand – when you think about it, we tend to hold our hands at a vertical rather than a horizontal position most of the time.
There are five buttons on the mouse, and their functions are basically normal ones. They don’t perform preprogrammed operations unless you set them up to do so. There are virtually no real innovations on this mouse; it will perform quite a few functions, but most people seem unlikely to use them as a matter of course. It’s main feature is its ergonomic design. If it lessens hand strain for many IT workers, that will be a major plus in itself.
I’ve overcome problems I’ve had by shifting my mouse from the right to the left hand for periods of time. I’m naturally a little ambidextrous, but I don’t suppose most people would actually find this any harder after a couple of days of usage.
However, better than changing hands (or an alternative, anyway) is a new mouse that’s now available. It’s vertical in style, rather than horizontal. That is, instead of the hand lying over the mouse, it sits at right angles to the desk, more in a handshake position.
Evoluent, the makers, claim that the vertical position is much less stressful for the hand – when you think about it, we tend to hold our hands at a vertical rather than a horizontal position most of the time.
There are five buttons on the mouse, and their functions are basically normal ones. They don’t perform preprogrammed operations unless you set them up to do so. There are virtually no real innovations on this mouse; it will perform quite a few functions, but most people seem unlikely to use them as a matter of course. It’s main feature is its ergonomic design. If it lessens hand strain for many IT workers, that will be a major plus in itself.
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