Repetitive Stress Injury, commonly called “Blogger’s Wrist” by bloggers, is a serious danger to people who make their living by sitting in front of a computer all day. Obesity is a big one too, but mainly affects editors. I’ve searched for mice my whole life that reduce wear and tear on my poor tendons and ligaments, but although I’ve found some really nice ones, I haven’t used one specifically designed to eliminate the problem. The HandshoeMouse is the first I know of to do so.
Its design is pretty freaky, but for tasks that don’t involve microsecond response times and pixel-perfect accuracy, it looks like it could be insanely comfortable. The idea is that is supports the whole hand, so you aren’t keeping any bits tense to prevent them from dragging, or to keep the mouse aligned. Sounds like a winner to me, but of course I’ll have to hold one to be sure.
That’s all good, only thing is that I hate is not made for left handed people like me ;) yep we do exist too :)
no kidding! my dad’s a lefty. For you guys I’d recommend the Razer Salmosa or the NZXT avatar.
If you really want to get rid of the mouse, try Integrated Keyboarding at:
http://www.inkeyboard.com
which allows you to move the mouse and cursor, highlight, scroll, drag, number and delete without moving your hands from the homekey position.
There are versions for right hand and left hand!