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It frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand such as backspace, delete and numpad.
by hb20007 8y ago
It frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand such as backspace, delete and numpad.
- mitchty 8y agoYep, also you don't have to move your arm as far to reach the mouse then by not moving over numeric keys. Seems small, but as a righty i've been doing the left hand mouse/trackpad for a while now and it definitely helps on the rsi.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- guiambros 8y ago> ...frees your right hand to use keyboard buttons intended for the right hand... On the other hand (ha!) you lose access to navigational keys that are typically used when you're "mousing", changing between apps/tabs and screens - e.g. alt-tab, ESC, alt-w, alt-q, alt-F4, meta-shortcuts, etc. I noticed that I use the right keys - enter, backspace, delete, etc - mostly when I'm typing, so I want my two hands in the keyboard anyway. For me the mouse on the right side is the best combination.