Re: Another question... (of mice and X)

[Damion Yates <nospam [at] rd.bbc.co.uk>]

On Sun, 2 Apr 2000, Matthew John Palmer wrote:

> On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Chris J/#6 wrote:

[..]
 
> > Btw, anyone else here left handed, and use the mouse as left-handed (by
> > the looks of things in Windows only at current analysis) at work or play?
> > If so, have you found how much it infuriates your co-workers, even though
> > you've stuck a big sticker on the mouse reading "mouse buttons
> > reversed!".
> 
> I'm left handed, have my mouse over on the 'right' side, but I use the
> buttons as per normal.  Oddly enough the rest of my family, who are all
> right handed, use the mouse over on that side too... probably because when
> they first sat down at the family computer it was already over there and so
> they just got used to it that way...
 
Due to horrific RSI I now use my mouse on the left side dispite being
right-handed.  I leave the buttons in the correct order.

I've found it's made me slightly ambidextrous in other areas which is one
bonus.

Damion

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