So … Some people’s brains are wired with directions being absolute, and some people’s brains are wired with directions being relative. One of the easiest ways to tell which way your brain is wired is to switch your mouse to the other hand. If your brain is absolute-wired, then the main button is always on the left; if your brain is relative-wired, then the main button is always the one closest to your body.
Sure when using a mouse in their off hand some people might use a different primary button.
I don’t think that necessarily provides any insight into how someone’s brain is wired, nor whether or not absolute or relative brain wiring is actually a thing.
That’s what I observed when I briefly drove a car in northern India. It was very difficult to figure out because I kept expecting the first gear to be the one closest to my body…
I do this, except I don’t swap the buttons so that I could go back and forth from left to right hand without changing anything. (When I first did it, I swapped the buttons because that seemed more natural but I’ve since trained myself to use it “backwards” on the left hand.).
It might help to get a longer mouse so you hand can rest comfortably on it. The soreness probably is not the clicking but the moving-while-tense. I bring my own to work to prevent this.
I switched years ago at work for similar reasons. When I carried it over at home, my left-handed partner at the time didn’t like it - thought it was confusing to use a left-handed mouse. Go figure
How heavy is your mouse? I switched to a super light corded gaming mouse (wireless mice weight a ton) and has considerably reduced hand fatigue. I also used to use the mouse in my non dominant hand as well.
Same here. Work mouse is a mirror of home mouse. I started putting it on the left because I use the 10-key a lot. When there was a phone I put it on the left too, so that my right hand (the 10-key hand) would not get confused by the upside down layout of the phone keypad.
At work, mouse and phone (gone now, thank every God) on left, to leave my dominant hand free for the keyboard, basically.
I do it because my right hand is getting sore from clicking but at home I still want to play games.
So … Some people’s brains are wired with directions being absolute, and some people’s brains are wired with directions being relative. One of the easiest ways to tell which way your brain is wired is to switch your mouse to the other hand. If your brain is absolute-wired, then the main button is always on the left; if your brain is relative-wired, then the main button is always the one closest to your body.
I think this is probably bullshit?
Sure when using a mouse in their off hand some people might use a different primary button.
I don’t think that necessarily provides any insight into how someone’s brain is wired, nor whether or not absolute or relative brain wiring is actually a thing.
Nah, this is simply a question of training. You can train yourself to do it either way.
Someone correct me, but I believe the gear pattern in a manual transmission does not change between right hand and left hand cars.
That’s what I observed when I briefly drove a car in northern India. It was very difficult to figure out because I kept expecting the first gear to be the one closest to my body…
I mouse right handed up to lunch, then left handed after that.
I do this, except I don’t swap the buttons so that I could go back and forth from left to right hand without changing anything. (When I first did it, I swapped the buttons because that seemed more natural but I’ve since trained myself to use it “backwards” on the left hand.).
It might help to get a longer mouse so you hand can rest comfortably on it. The soreness probably is not the clicking but the moving-while-tense. I bring my own to work to prevent this.
I switched to a trackball years ago for this reason. It doesn’t necessarily solve the problem just shifts the task to your thumb.
Get work to pay for an ergonomic mouse for you!
When I WFH I use a trackball mouse (ball is in top). Occasionally I forgot to switch and get confused about why som actions are hard
I switched years ago at work for similar reasons. When I carried it over at home, my left-handed partner at the time didn’t like it - thought it was confusing to use a left-handed mouse. Go figure
Legit strategy: a buddy of mine does this to fight tendinitis. I don’t remember if it came from his doctor or from online
How heavy is your mouse? I switched to a super light corded gaming mouse (wireless mice weight a ton) and has considerably reduced hand fatigue. I also used to use the mouse in my non dominant hand as well.
Its the clicking that gets me. My current mouse has quite a light click but isnt helping
Same here. Work mouse is a mirror of home mouse. I started putting it on the left because I use the 10-key a lot. When there was a phone I put it on the left too, so that my right hand (the 10-key hand) would not get confused by the upside down layout of the phone keypad.
At work, mouse and phone (gone now, thank every God) on left, to leave my dominant hand free for the keyboard, basically.