kcinsu Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 So, I've developed tendonitis, and supposedly trackball mice take off the strain. I see there are quite a few different designs out there... ones that are large and look more like a control box, then there are ones that look like mice with a ball in the middle, and then there are ones that look like mice with the ball on the side, for thumb control. Who has experience/opinions on what is best for taking strain off your arm? For editing? Etc? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hahathhat Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 wrist-rest comes before special mice if you haven't tried that already also get a squeezyball to improve circulation (or what the fuck ever, it certainly helps me...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 yeah, I have a wrist-rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 do you have enough room on your desk to support your elbow or is it hanging off? I'm in illustrator/indesign/photoshop all day and I switched my desk around to allow elbow support. made a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Babar Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 there's also the trackpad alternative. It's not that bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I had the second sort, a Logitech too, for my old PC. Even now I still prefer them to 'movable' mice. I've exclusively used a laptop trackpad at home for about 7 years now, which I'd imagine is worse for you than a mouse, but I haven't noticed anything yet. I have a squishy wrist-rest at work, which I never thought about at first, but would miss it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ezkerraldean Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 i grasp the ball with my foreskin for an unprecedented degree of human-computer interface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springymajig Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Never used one of these but I can say this: if I use a mouse for over 2 hours, I start to get a sore wrist. I have a 9x12 wacom tablet, and if I use that (even for just browsing/word document editing and stuff like that) I never, ever get a sore wrist. And you can get a little bamboo tablet for pretty cheap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcinsu Posted March 10, 2011 Author Share Posted March 10, 2011 went with the thumb trackball. feels weird. this will take awhile to get used to... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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