Solutions for hand injury from computer use
in [Python]
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From: Ethan Furman on 1 Jul 2010 12:35 Ben Finney wrote: > geremy condra <debatem1(a)gmail.com> writes: > >>> Right. I'm much more concerned about the position of my Ctrl key, to >>> avoid hand injury from all the key chording done as a programmer. >> Not saying its a cure-all, but I broke my hand pretty badly a few years >> ago and had a lot of luck with a homemade foot switch for each of the >> meta keys. Was pretty fun to do (all things considered) and worked >> pretty well. I'm sure if you're willing to do some shopping around you >> could get a prefab one fairly cheaply. > > My current solution is: > > * Never use a notepad on the couch, but only ever at a properly adjusted > table/desk and chair. > > * Remap CapsLock as an additional Ctrl key, on every computer I use > (nobody has ever minded this, because they don't use that key at all > :-) > > * Use my left hand for operating the mouse, since this brings it much > closer to the home position on the keyboard, and a standard keyboard > design forces the right hand to do disproportionately more work. > > * Use a wrist support, consisting of two plastic discs that are > separated and move freely against each other, that allows my whole arm > to move for moving the mouse and hence avoid bending my wrist for that > operation. > > Quite cheap and simple, and I've thereby had no recurrence of injury for > the past 3 years. I'll have to give the left-handed mouse a try... hmmm -- not too bad so far. I also switched over to the Dvorak keyboard layout. Made a world of difference for me. ~Ethan~
From: Andreas Waldenburger on 1 Jul 2010 13:00 On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:35:31 -0700 Ethan Furman <ethan(a)stoneleaf.us> wrote: > I'll have to give the left-handed mouse a try... hmmm -- not too bad > so far. Since we're on the subject: I find the best solution for "lots of typing with a little mousing" to be a keyboard with a pointing stick (or track point or nav stick or whatever people call it). I'm not quite sure why they haven't become standard issue on keyboards. Shame, is what that is. /W -- INVALID? DE!
From: Emile van Sebille on 1 Jul 2010 13:09 On 7/1/2010 10:00 AM Andreas Waldenburger said... > On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:35:31 -0700 Ethan Furman<ethan(a)stoneleaf.us> > wrote: > >> I'll have to give the left-handed mouse a try... hmmm -- not too bad >> so far. > > Since we're on the subject: I find the best solution for "lots of > typing with a little mousing" to be a keyboard with a pointing stick > (or track point or nav stick or whatever people call it). I'm not quite > sure why they haven't become standard issue on keyboards. Shame, is > what that is. > > /W > When I started having trouble about ten years ago, I switched to a keyboard with integrated mouse pad. No problems since... Emile
From: Andreas Waldenburger on 1 Jul 2010 13:19 On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:09:30 -0700 Emile van Sebille <emile(a)fenx.com> wrote: > On 7/1/2010 10:00 AM Andreas Waldenburger said... > > On Thu, 01 Jul 2010 09:35:31 -0700 Ethan Furman<ethan(a)stoneleaf.us> > > wrote: > > > >> I'll have to give the left-handed mouse a try... hmmm -- not too > >> bad so far. > > > > Since we're on the subject: I find the best solution for "lots of > > typing with a little mousing" to be a keyboard with a pointing stick > > (or track point or nav stick or whatever people call it). I'm not > > quite sure why they haven't become standard issue on keyboards. > > Shame, is what that is. > > > > /W > > > > When I started having trouble about ten years ago, I switched to a > keyboard with integrated mouse pad. No problems since... > Not bad, but you'll still have to move away your hand from the home row that way. Pointing stick, I tells ya, pointing stick! ;) /W -- INVALID? DE!
From: Brian Victor on 1 Jul 2010 13:46
Emile van Sebille wrote: > When I started having trouble about ten years ago, I switched to a > keyboard with integrated mouse pad. No problems since... Where did you find that? I've been looking for one. (Assuming you mean a trackpad, and not a mouse pad.) That said, my own solution was the Kensington Expert Mouse. For some reason, the trackball hurts me much less than a real mouse, and keeps me from being disproportionately annoyed when I have to pick up my pointing device to move the cursor where I want it. ;) -- Brian |