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You wouldn't want to appear right wing, or sinister.
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my right side is so dominant, that whenever I have problems with my right hand, it really turns my living into a big mess beeing pushed to do anything with the left one.
This includes moving the mouse which is so inaccurate that it's better not to do it at all.
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Hand writing, left-handed.
Mouse keyboard as a right handed.
When I played sport (baseball, hockey), I played right-handed (because there was not left handed equipment), and that is probably why I sucked at it.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Same here. 
Jeremy Falcon
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Am right-handed but moved the mouse the the left of the keyboard a few years ago. Takes a bit getting used to, then feels natural after a while.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Just out of curiosity, what was your motivation for this?
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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To see if I could.
Not a very good reason, and has little benefit - and I still can't game with the mouse on the left 
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. — Lyall Watson
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And proud of it!
Those lefties...and gingers...and Iguana collectors...they are all on the list.
Oh, yes. I have a little list. I have a little list.
Of society offenders who might well be underground,
And who never would be missed — who never would be missed!
There's the pestilential nuisances who write for autographs.
All people who have flabby hands and irritating laughs.
All children who are up in dates, and floor you with 'em flat.
All persons who in shaking hands, shake hands with you like that.
And all third persons who on spoiling tête-á-têtes insist.
They'd none of 'em be missed — they'd none of 'em be missed!
(Gilbert and Sullivan)
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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When working with a computer it doesn't seem to matter what hand you're dominant with. Unless I'm wrong, I tend to think of typing as a task with equal strain to both hands. 
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Mice.
Then tend to be either "unisex" as far as handedness goes, or generally and comfortably right handed.
For example I use a trackman (upside down mouse) and that is only usable with the right hand, as the ball would by under your little finger rather than your thumb.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Well good point. I guess I should have considered that. I just never think of the idea of a left-handed mouse. It seems the designing company would lose revenue on such a product.
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FrostedSyntax wrote: I just never think of the idea of a left-handed mouse
Most things in life are designed for right-handed people. We adjust.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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FrostedSyntax wrote: It seems the designing company would lose revenue on such a product.
That's more or less been the case. 8 or 9 years ago MS and Logitech both announced lefty ergonomic mice at normal premium mouse pricepoints (at that point their competition was $80-100 ball mice or $100-120 red LED mice, $200-$insane for custom made products from ergonomic companies). Logitechs sold badly enough that MS's never saw the light of day.
Razer's been selling left handed mice for the last half dozen years. They're a gaming hardware company, but the Death Adder[^] is a conventional 5 button design, the Naga[^] is a more explicitly gaming oriented design; but if you like a short and wide mouse you could just ignore the thumbpad and use the 5 top buttons.
Razer admits it lost money on the left handed Death Adder; launching the left handed Naga was partly a PR move and probably partly due to their CEO being a lefty.
The only ding I've got against their products (and I own several of them) is that their control software has gone cloud only (although if you try hard enough you can find a local version for the DA); and you need to have it running to turn off the light scroll wheel and flashing logo in the palm rest. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Dan Neely wrote: The only ding I've got against their products (and I own several of them)
So I assume you're a lefty. The question should have asked "Are you left handed? If so, how easily do you adjust to a right dominated market?"
Everything works out in the end. That doesn't mean you won't have to make sacrifices.
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Being able to mouse left handed is really convenient when you've got more than one computer to work with. I put them side by side with lefty mice on both and a righty mouse on the right one so I can do something on it without having to turn my chair away from the one on the left. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Impressive...and sounds efficient.
Everything works out in the end. That doesn't mean you won't have to make sacrifices.
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Ehh, if it wasn't for IT issues that were elephants all the way down I'd've been able to eliminate about 90% of the time I've had 2 laptops on my desk.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Since we are talking about programmers, I am sure programmers use both hands to type!
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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... then the answer should be "depends what I am doing".
If you type a 'd', then you are left handed.
If you type a 'k', then you are right handed.
QED
I'm retired. There's a nap for that...
- Harvey
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I'm a leftie when it comes to writing and painting, but a rightie for almost everything else.
When eating I grab my fork and knive like every other rightie out there, but when it's just a fork I tend to switch.
Brushing my teeth, unlocking a door, mousing on the computer, drumming, all right...
Playing a game of pool, ambidextrous.
My right arm is stronger than my left.
It's quite difficult to be exclusively left in a mostly right world.
So I guess it depends on what I'm doing.
It does come in handy sometimes 
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Sander Rossel wrote: Brushing my teeth, unlocking a door, mousing on the computer, drumming, all right...
You should try drumming with both hands, it will be liberating.
(Even better, use sticks, some use their feet as well with pedals).
"If you don't fail at least 90 percent of the time, you're not aiming high enough."
Alan Kay.
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That's crazy talk! 
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Ah, another collaborationist(*) leftie like myself! I found the division a long time ago. I use my left hand for precision tasks and my right hand for strength tasks.
(*) We write left-handed, but are well adapted to a right-handed world.
Software Zen: delete this;
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