Gosh almighty trying to make computer use easier for me kind of started . …
Last week my stupid computer mouse (yes I know it is an inanimate object) fell off the back of my desk one to many times. I will admit right here that this part is all me: I use a mouse upside down – always have – always will. I know the buttons are suppose to go on top so right is right and left is left but you know what? I can not work it that way. My up is down and my down is up. An explanation why this is so – first time I used a mouse I had never ever seen one. No one in the room knew how to use one so I started using it and well . … or how about I read books upside down sometimes and never notice? OK I am weird.
No matter what the reason, the wired mouse that came with my computer had a very short tail (cord) so when I turned it upside down it was close to the rear edge of the pull out thing on my desk. For whatever reason when it fell off the dang thing a couple of days ago I yelled at it and yanked it’s little tail out from the USB socket and was going to toss it out the second floor window until I opened the window and realized the screen was attached on the outside. I was very disappointed that I could not kill the little ratter m&^&^%. I chilled out a bit, plugged it’s arse back in by the tail and dealt.
Yesterday a trip to the store and I found a nice sized roller ball mouse. For whatever reason I can use them setting the right direction where the left button is the left and the right button is the right. Plus this one is wireless so I can place it where ever my little heart desires.
Guess what I am doing? Hint:
three blind mice, three blind mice,
see how they run, see how they run,
they all ran after the farmer’s wife
who cut off their . …
nuff said.
Wow, brain gym — using the upside down mouse. I fully appreciate whatever works.
I tried to use a roller ball many years ago to avoid carpal tunnelish type stuff. I didn’t like it but told myself to give it a good try. Months later in the middle of working on something with a deadline late into the evening, I finally realized I’d given it a more than fair try. I ripped the thing out in a rage, tossed it across the room and started pawing through my box of peripherals and computer junk. Found my old mouse. Ahh.
I don’t get the hint. Arrgh – might I play the BT card?
So I am not the only one to try and kill an object that never was alive LOL
The old roller balls drove me up a tree hence I stayed with my upside down mice. Sometimes I used software to reverse the up and down so I could use them orientated in the proper direction.
The mouse to be known from now on as the mouse with no tail was the cheap thing that came with the computer. No software remedies for it. (chopped off it’s tail with a carving knife)
This new rollerball is smaller and the ball is on the left side allowing the buttons to seem the same as on a typical mouse. I like it. It is working YEAH!
I’ve been using trackballs exclusively for years; I never touch mice. My thumb is my only reliable digit now, so that worked out well.
In the past the trackballs were to big for my hands. Much better selection available now. I really have noticed how much easier it is to move the cursor about .