Do these things suck or what?
I don't have wrist problems at the moment but I did have a non PC related wrist injury and surgery. Would it be prudent to switch to something like this to reduce wrist strain?
Does it even reduce wrist strain?
Do these things suck or what?
Christopher Barnes
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William Mitchell
Why don't you try one?
Jaxson Rodriguez
Because that would just be my anecdotal experience and also ones with scroll wheels aren't cheap. Like 40 or 50 bucks.
Ryder Edwards
This + Dvorak...
Imagine purposely drifting away from standards just to make your safety zone even smaller.
Isaac Foster
>why don't you spend a lot of money just to try something out and if you don't like it you can't return it because you've obliterated the package and the product itself is unbroken so the store won't accept the return and you'll just end up with a paperweight that you'll never use
great advice lad
Charles Roberts
>Do these things suck or what?
That specific trackball sucks, yes. The Microsoft trackball is much better. That said, a Wacom tablet is better still. I've had one since the 90s and have avoided wrist strain entirely.
Ayden Rivera
You can't open the packaging accurately?
Leo Watson
I'm not interested in a memer hipster keyboard layout. Won't benefit me.
Wait you mean using wacom tablet as a mouse? Why?
Carson Howard
>Dvorak
Did you mean to say "workman"?
Aaron Murphy
Relying on "anecdotal experience" when it's your *own* experience isn't really a problem, you know.
I have a trackball that sits under the thumb (Logitech M570 maybe?). I suspect I'd like the type you pictured a little better, but I got the one I have for free at a Brooklyn stoop sale.
I definitely prefer a mouse, but use the trackball when I'm in a cramped space (e.g., using my laptop in an easy chair). I don't have wrist pain, so I can't comment on whether it helps with that. But I can say that my formula for avoiding pain:
* TKL or smaller keyboard
* spending a little time on typing technique
* learning keyboard shortcuts and customizing to add new ones
* Using hand exercisers (admittedly inconsistently)
has kept carpal tunnel away from me, and I think that's something, given that I also play double bass