topic Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend? in Installation & update

Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Mats_Knutsson — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 11:46:28 GMT

Hi,

I have a mouse elbow/arm and I can't use my right hand with a mouse so I'm looking for another device. Do you use any other devices that work well with ArchiCAD that you would like to recommend? I'm right handed and my right thumb is somewhat crippled after a sports accident many years ago. This makes any thumb controlled roller ball device uninteresting.

Cheers,
Mats

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Dwight — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:30:44 GMT

The left hand.
Works for me.

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Mats_Knutsson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:01:38 GMT

Dwight wrote:
The left hand.
Works for me.

Well obviously I'm using my left hand since I can't use my right hand but the left hand isn't directly attached to my brain as the right hand is...
So any comments on mouse trappers, pen-mouses etc would be grately appreciated.
/Mats

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Dwight — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:05:45 GMT

With sympathy to your plight, I wasn't joking.

Many users are surprised at how easy it is to switch hands with the mouse.

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Mats_Knutsson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:36:30 GMT

Dwight wrote:
With sympathy to your plight, I wasn't joking.

Many users are surprised at how easy it is to switch hands with the mouse.

Väll aj häv trajd bifår jo no!
A decade ago I learned controlling the mouse to perfection through intense playing of Warcraft 2. It took me about three weeks to get really sharp. Now I have a job, wife, two kids....thus no time to practice and I use ArchiCAD very little (mostly demos and support isues).
Eight years ago I had a surgery on my right thumb and used only my left hand for 6 weeks but either I've lost the ability to learn or it takes much longer time... I couldn't even brush my teeth properly with the left hand after 6 weeks... I might post this in working with ArchiCAD instead. There are many expensive ergonomic devies out there but most of hem doesn't work with the click and precision intensive cad (IMHO). I've used an old mouse trapper before (the one with a old school mouse with a tracker ball).
/Mats

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Richard Morrison — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:01:28 GMT

A number of people really like this one: www.evoluent.com

You might also try voice recognition software to cut down dramatically on the number of clicks. VR Commander is one I've tried (and is free!) and it works pretty well. Don't know how a Swedish accent affects it, though.

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Mats_Knutsson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:16:26 GMT

Richard wrote:
A number of people really like this one: www.evoluent.com

You might also try voice recognition software to cut down dramatically on the number of clicks. VR Commander is one I've tried (and is free!) and it works pretty well. Don't know how a Swedish accent affects it, though.

Thanks! I'll have a go at the VRC. I'm alone at my office so it would work.
Btw I have american accent...and when the mood is right an almost perfect german or french accent (can never decide which one is the funniest...).
😉

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Richard Morrison — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:30:52 GMT

Mats_Knutsson wrote:
Btw I have american accent...

I guess this would be similar to having a "European" accent. BTW, I should have noticed from your sig that you're on a Mac. Unfortunately, I believe VR Commander is only on Windows. But it's an interesting program in that there is no voice training required. (EDIT: Just checked. It's $10USD. ALMOST free..)

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Mats_Knutsson — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:11:19 GMT

Richard wrote:
Mats_Knutsson wrote:
Btw I have american accent...
I guess this would be similar to having a "European" accent. BTW, I should have noticed from your sig that you're on a Mac. Unfortunately, I believe VR Commander is only on Windows. But it's an interesting program in that there is no voice training required. (EDIT: Just checked. It's $10USD. ALMOST free..)

PC only...another reason to ditch the flashy piece of mac-crap...they pile up...

Btw about accent which are great fun... I've asked english folks about my accent since english accent is what a swede should strive for (not swenglish). However they say I have no real accent when I try to talk english. Noone speaks like that... Probably some months of time in UK would add the dirt to the clean un-natural non-accent.
Now back to mastering template setup and other interesting stuff.

Btw
"There's a bug in program" in frenglish translates to "There'a a fag in the program" in swenglish...talk about confusion (flag of interest waves idly...).

Btw again...since you are in Menlo Park...I spent 4 months at Stanford in the spring of 2000 but I didn't practise my american because there were hardly no americans around. Swedish-japanese-turkish-korean domination on Martin Fishers team back then.

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Rakela Raul — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:43:24 GMT

Mac

▪ 2 buttons and a scroll wheel in OS X 10.4.5 or newer without a driver: Click here to see why Evoluent does not supply a Mac driver.

▪ www.usboverdrive.com offers a shareware Mac driver that enables button programming.
(Evoluent has no business relationship with this vendor.)

Re: Which ergonomic mouse device do you recommend?

Anonymous — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 13:23:02 GMT

The funnies piece of hardware I have seen recently! Made me laugh! And I want to buy one, but they don't sell it to Bulgaria!