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Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded ted f.a. van gaalen8-Apr-04 23:13 ted f.a. van gaalen 8-Apr-04 23:13  Here is a tip, which i received from an English collegue of mine, many years ago: I am right handed but use the mouse with my left hand, which has the following advantages: -you can use INS,DEL,HOME,END,PAGEUP PAGEDOWN, BACKSPACE, ENTER, the arrow keys (!!!) and the digits block without having to remove your hand from the mouse. -For right handed, you can write your notes on the right side while using the mouse. Another advantage is that the writing paper can be right next to your keyboard as now the mousepad is on the left. It takes about a few hours for a right handed to get used to left mouse usage. Use a drawing program like Paint to practice. In a short while it becomes almost natural I did swap the mousekeys but this isn't perse necessary. Swapping mousekeys to left handed has the disadvantage that when you are at another computer, although you can move the mouse to the left side of the KB, the mouse keys are not as you are accustomed to. Give it a try if you like and you might never return the mouse to "right" side again. Ted Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Stlan9-Apr-04 3:37 Stlan 9-Apr-04 3:37  Good idea! I will try right now. Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Prakash Nadar9-Apr-04 5:54 Prakash Nadar 9-Apr-04 5:54  why this never occured to me... Must try this at once, Thank you. MSN Messenger. prakashnadar@msn.com "If history isn't good, just burn it." - Sidhuism. Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Marc Clifton9-Apr-04 5:59 Marc Clifton 9-Apr-04 5:59  This is an insidious plot to make me schizophrenic! craM Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded ted f.a. van gaalen9-Apr-04 6:16 ted f.a. van gaalen 9-Apr-04 6:16  no, it is not, however.. if it does occur, well.. then suddenly..there are two programmers! I have been using the mouse left since 1998 and think i am still sane.. no RSI either maybe because i have switched to left just in time.. However i do not accept any responsability for any physical or psychological damage that might occur from changing mouse handling from the right to the left hand and/or vice versa. TedvG Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Atlantys9-Apr-04 10:16 Atlantys 9-Apr-04 10:16  Too bad my mouse is a "right-hand" only mouse: it's molded to fit a right hand, not a left (especially with all the thumb buttons it has). But still, a very good idea! We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know... [Nitron] Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Michael Dunn10-Apr-04 19:27 Michael Dunn 10-Apr-04 19:27  I was gonna say the same thing. The MS Intellimouse Explorer is right-hand only. --Mike-- Personal stuff:: Ericahist | Homepage Shareware stuff:: 1ClickPicGrabber | RightClick-Encrypt CP stuff:: CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ ---- "Just because the box has 2 gigabytes of memory doesn't mean you get to use it all!"   -- Rico Mariani, CLR perf guy Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Atlantys10-Apr-04 21:59 Atlantys 10-Apr-04 21:59  Logitech MX700.... total wireless freedom! (except for the whole "need to charge the batteries every so often" thing) new erica pics! w00t! Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Prakash Nadar10-Apr-04 23:09 Prakash Nadar 10-Apr-04 23:09  on second thought, it makes using shortcut keys for ctrl-c,crtl-v, etc very irritating. Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Jambolo11-Apr-04 10:25 Jambolo 11-Apr-04 10:25  I use the mouse on the left at work and on the right at home. The main reason I switch is because I've seen too many co-workers with carpal tunnel syndrome. Switching helps to avoid overworking one side. The drawback to mouse-on-the-left is that CTRL-X, CTRL-C, and CTRL-V (cut, copy, and paste keys) are hard to use. Re: Mouse on the left side, even if righthanded Nigel Savidge16-Apr-04 3:50 Nigel Savidge 16-Apr-04 3:50  Use SHIFT-Del, CTRL-Insert, SHIFT-Insert instead then. 21 WPM @ 91% Aqualic8-Apr-04 22:01 Aqualic 8-Apr-04 22:01  I think i am using too much plugin these day, but I like visual assist since i type so slow... 50-55 wpm @ 93-96% accuracy RChin8-Apr-04 5:40 RChin 8-Apr-04 5:40  I'd originally placed by speed at 30-40 wpm, but having done that test, I was suprised to find that all these years programming hasn't slowed down my typing speed that much. I Dream of Absolute Zero 56wpm @ 96% accuracy Steve McLenithan7-Apr-04 13:20 Steve McLenithan 7-Apr-04 13:20  // Steve McLenithan Cluelessnes:    There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots. Skill of typing is very essential. Prakash Nadar7-Apr-04 6:34 Prakash Nadar 7-Apr-04 6:34  yeah the skill is very essential, may be your are slow typer or fast but the skill is very important.. I have seen ppl with lot of experience in development still hunt and peck the keyboard... they look so silly while doing so. I feel not the typing speed is important but the skill. MSN Messenger. prakashnadar@msn.com "If history isn't good, just burn it." - Sidhuism. Re: Skill of typing is very essential. Dominik Reichl8-Apr-04 9:57 Dominik Reichl 8-Apr-04 9:57  I feel not the typing speed is important but the skill. Depends on what you define as "skill" I'm not _that_ slow (50 wpm) with my 7 finger system Dominik _outp(0x64, 0xAD); and __asm mov al, 0xAD __asm out 0x64, al do the same... but what do they do?? (doesn't work on NT) Re: Skill of typing is very essential. Prakash Nadar8-Apr-04 15:41 Prakash Nadar 8-Apr-04 15:41  Dominik Reichl wrote: what you define as "skill" not hunt and peck, not even fast hunt n peck. MSN Messenger. prakashnadar@msn.com "If history isn't good, just burn it." - Sidhuism. Re: Skill of typing is very essential. Heywood9-Apr-04 4:33 Heywood 9-Apr-04 4:33  Personally, I can't type at all. I'm a horrible Typist. But you know what? My software works. Does yours? Re: Skill of typing is very essential. Prakash Nadar9-Apr-04 5:50 Prakash Nadar 9-Apr-04 5:50  Heywood wrote: Personally, I can't type at all. I'm a horrible Typist. no problem, no one is perfect. Heywood wrote: But you know what? My software works. Does yours? I never questioned that anybodys software would not work just because he/she didnt know typing.. But believe me non-typist really look stupid when writing program with 2 fingers. MSN Messenger. prakashnadar@msn.com "If history isn't good, just burn it." - Sidhuism. Re: Skill of typing is very essential. Dimitris Vasiliadis14-May-04 2:33 Dimitris Vasiliadis 14-May-04 2:33  I don't think that typing speed or skill matters in coding. You pause anyway to review the code, think, copy/paste, etc. I use copy/paste very much when coding. I suppose it would matter for other jobs (e.g. secretary) but not in this kind. ...Plug & Pray... Just noticed... J. Dunlap6-Apr-04 17:39 J. Dunlap 6-Apr-04 17:39  ...that on my 1.5yo keyboard, the text on 2 keys is worn away completely, and 9 others are seriously faded. I don't know if it's how much I type or if it's due to poor adherence. Re: Just noticed... Aaron Eldreth7-Apr-04 9:05 Aaron Eldreth 7-Apr-04 9:05  I'm a Vb.net programmer, and the keys that are most worn for me are the ones that spell out: Dim i As Integer, and System.Windows.Forms Aaron Eldreth TheCollective4.com Re: Just noticed... Philippe Lhoste15-Apr-04 6:13 Philippe Lhoste 15-Apr-04 6:13  I understand it is a joke, but if it was for real, I would recommand the use of abbreviations. For example, in SciTE you could define dimi<ctrl+b> and get "Dim i As Integer", etc. Even Visual Studio can do this with a bit of VBA. And as I was answering to another entry, I found that ArsClip (and problably a lot of other freewares) can do that too. Typing fast is good, typing less is excellent Philippe Lhoste (Paris -- France) Professional programmer and amateur artist http://jove.prohosting.com/~philho/ Keyboard shortcuts vs. Mouse Marc Clifton6-Apr-04 13:40 Marc Clifton 6-Apr-04 13:40  A lot more important than how fast you can type, is do you use the mouse to cut & paste a line of code five lines up. I once saw a programmer do that. Are you one of those people that starts the debugger using the mouse to click on "Debug/Start" ??? Confess! Marc Microsoft MVP, Visual C# MyXaml MyXaml Blog Re: Keyboard shortcuts vs. Mouse Nemanja Trifunovic6-Apr-04 13:46 Nemanja Trifunovic 6-Apr-04 13:46  Marc Clifton wrote: Are you one of those people that starts the debugger using the mouse to click on "Debug/Start" ??? Debug/what? Do you mean there is a way to start the debugger with a mouse?

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