ouchy ouchy ouchy
Apr. 10th, 2002 02:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cellioThe mouse on my machine at work has gone spastic over the last few days. I suspect it needs to be cleaned, but when I asked our sys admin about it (I couldn't see how to take it apart) he said he'd clean it and gave me another mouse.
Unfortunately, the replacement mouse is awful. It's too big for my hand. Using it hurts. I asked the sys admin to please give me my mouse back when he's done with it (or another of like kind), rather than just tossing it into the bin, so this will be fixed eventually. It's only been a couple hours, though, and already my wrist and hand really hurt. And this is a Windows shop, so there are a lot of situations where I really do have to use the mouse.
The previous mouse had no obvious label. (It had 2 buttons.) This one is a Logitech 3-button mouse. It is a little wider and a lot longer than its predecessor. I think it's also a little thicker. The previous mouse wasn't especially good, but it was a lot better than this.
I should probably just buy my own mouse for work -- then I can find something that's ideal for me, rather than just cheap in bulk. (I already bring in other personal hardware adaptations, so what's one more?) The (Logitech?) optical mouse I have at home is pretty good.
Unfortunately, the replacement mouse is awful. It's too big for my hand. Using it hurts. I asked the sys admin to please give me my mouse back when he's done with it (or another of like kind), rather than just tossing it into the bin, so this will be fixed eventually. It's only been a couple hours, though, and already my wrist and hand really hurt. And this is a Windows shop, so there are a lot of situations where I really do have to use the mouse.
The previous mouse had no obvious label. (It had 2 buttons.) This one is a Logitech 3-button mouse. It is a little wider and a lot longer than its predecessor. I think it's also a little thicker. The previous mouse wasn't especially good, but it was a lot better than this.
I should probably just buy my own mouse for work -- then I can find something that's ideal for me, rather than just cheap in bulk. (I already bring in other personal hardware adaptations, so what's one more?) The (Logitech?) optical mouse I have at home is pretty good.
Re: the joys of being "vertically challenged"
Date: 2002-04-10 01:03 pm (UTC)Oops, sorry.
The iMac came with a round mouse. It wasn't huge (about 2.5 inch diameter), but it is round. Among other problems, it's very easy to rotate it 180 degrees and not feel much of a difference. (Obviously it doesn't work quite as expected in that configuration). A company called MacSense saw the problem and fairly quickly came out with a bit of plastic which snaps over the mouse, making it a bit wider (3 inches, maybe?) and longer (4 inches) and more traditionally "mouse shaped". Since it's just plastic and a bit of tefalon, they were able to sell it fairly cheaply, and it became quite popular.
I'm definitely well below average on height
I, on the other hand, am slightly taller than average - about 6 feet tall, and have hands which are more or less average in size. Well, I'm guessing on that, but I haven't ever found mice to be particularly large (or small) for me (well, besides the DEC muffin, which was a bit large...). To make up for it, though, I'm left handed so am constantly fighting against a world made for right-handed people. (Luckilly I'm equally happy doing basic mouseing with either hand. I prefer having the mouse on the left, but if there isn't room I'm not crippled. I still object to non-symmetrical mice on general principles, though.)