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rajin444 on June 1, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Helix: a post-modern modal text editor

This was 10 years ago, but I remember reading up and something with the forces enacted on your tendons moving the mouse around were exponentially worse than typing on a keyboard.

I use a touchpad when possible knowing that, but I've never double checked myself. Anecdotally, I've only developed RSI in my mouse hand from gaming (same story for my friends who game as well).

NHS seems to back this as well: https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/tips-to-prevent-rs...

bernawil on June 1, 2021 [–]

there's two things that make my hands cringe: drag-clicking (e.g drag file to trashcan) and mouse-wheel click (close chrome tab).

I built a trackball into my split keyboard and now I move it with my right hand and perform al clicks on my left hand side of the keyboard.

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