Better to type than to surf the internet. Also, better to learn keyboard shortcuts and stay away from the mouse.
But while the Danish researchers may have exonerated the computer keyboard as a leading villain, the mouse remains suspect. According to the study, there was a small but significant association between use of a mouse device for more than 20 hours per week and a risk of carpal tunnel syndrome.
I gotta say that I already look for ways to avoid having to switch over to the mouse. In Visual Slick Edit there are lots of keyboard shortcuts for moving between buffer windows and doing other operations most people tend to do using a mouse. Keyboard is faster if you can use the keyboard.
People who do a lot of CAD are probably at greater risk than the average computer user since the CAD types use the mouse so much to move around graphical objects. Programmers are less at risk in comparison.
Posted by Randall Parker at June 17, 2003 04:49 PMI find double-clicking kills my wrist. I think it is probably the single most damaging repetitive action. In that respect, I find browsing the internet less taxing than using the OS.
Very important tip: use a mousepad with an wrist-rest (or whatcamacallit). I'm gonna have an extra finger growing out of my wrist soon.
Posted by: dr.dna on June 28, 2003 02:55 PMimagining a world where one has to execute commands using long string of words instead of mouse is incredible.
Posted by: ramesh kumar on July 7, 2003 12:54 AMif people used a moyuse with only one or two of theire digits i believe this is the problem for developing CTS
Posted by: I have almost ruined my right thumb using MSN keyboard,Imust sytart using my forefinger or other mea on December 24, 2003 05:04 PMnone
Posted by: ray howard on December 24, 2003 05:05 PMnone...concern is a happy reaction for prolonged activity on keyboard and mouse,mostgly can be relieved by swigtching to diffeent digits for execution of functions
Posted by: ray howard on December 24, 2003 05:07 PMNow this is a cool idea for getting rid of the mouse problems. Pistol grip shaped pointing devices and game controllers. What a cool Idea. Made to fit in your hand and has a track ball on the top of it and buttons on the front.. so easy and logical.. I see why the company name is ergological. :) anyway their link is their name. http://ergological.com
Enjoy! Hope it helps you
Posted by: Vicki on July 24, 2004 02:38 PM