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> I have never actually seen a left-placed mouse in the wild. Then you've never seen my desk! (About 10-15% of the population is left-handed) But really, the

> I have never actually seen a left-placed mouse in the wild. Then you've never seen my desk! (About 10-15% of the population is left-handed) But really, the Pi 400 supports Bluetooth 5. So I expect many/most folks will go wireless for their rodents.

fortran77 6y ago
I'm right-handed, but I mouse with my left hand. It works well for me and I've been doing it for decades.
- otto2 6y ago
  Me too. Due to some issues with right hand I retrained myself to use mouse with my left hand. Now I can use mouse by both hands, and in both button orientations.
  - interestica 6y ago
    You basically just convinced me that I should be training my left hand to use my mouse. In all cases except precision work (eg graphic design) it should be doable.
    - jaclaz 6y ago
      Side note, but if you actually do graphic design, get a digitizer/gtaphic pen tablet, it is simply "another world" when compared to mouse, nowadays even an el-cheapo one ( i.e. something in the 40-60 US$ range)is good enough for non-professional use.
  - thw0rted 6y ago
    Switching is easier than most people imagine, IMHO. I started to feel the beginnings of an RSI and went from right to left for half a year or so, no problems.
interestica 6y ago
The funny thing is that all of the lefties I know just adapted to the right-side mouse (likely just because that is how it was setup at school/office). While yes, the BT mouse is going to be the better option, they're pushing the kit-included mouse.
ksolanki 6y ago
I am a right hander but use my mouse with my left hand. Why? “Saving my right hand to play tabla (Indian hand drums)”. In any case, over the years I have become very comfortable using mouse with left hand as a right hander.
jaclaz 6y ago
Actually this has little to do with being left-handed, it depends on other factors. I am right handed and use the mouse with the left, so that I have my right hand "free" to use a pen or the (right side) numeric keypad when crunching numbers. And I do not (as many left-handers do) "invert" the miue buttons, maybe I am strange/an exception.

fortran77 6y ago

I'm right-handed, but I mouse with my left hand. It works well for me and I've been doing it for decades.

otto2 6y ago
Me too. Due to some issues with right hand I retrained myself to use mouse with my left hand. Now I can use mouse by both hands, and in both button orientations.
- interestica 6y ago
  You basically just convinced me that I should be training my left hand to use my mouse. In all cases except precision work (eg graphic design) it should be doable.
  - jaclaz 6y ago
    Side note, but if you actually do graphic design, get a digitizer/gtaphic pen tablet, it is simply "another world" when compared to mouse, nowadays even an el-cheapo one ( i.e. something in the 40-60 US$ range)is good enough for non-professional use.
- thw0rted 6y ago
  Switching is easier than most people imagine, IMHO. I started to feel the beginnings of an RSI and went from right to left for half a year or so, no problems.

interestica 6y ago

The funny thing is that all of the lefties I know just adapted to the right-side mouse (likely just because that is how it was setup at school/office). While yes, the BT mouse is going to be the better option, they're pushing the kit-included mouse.

ksolanki 6y ago

I am a right hander but use my mouse with my left hand. Why? “Saving my right hand to play tabla (Indian hand drums)”. In any case, over the years I have become very comfortable using mouse with left hand as a right hander.

jaclaz 6y ago

Actually this has little to do with being left-handed, it depends on other factors. I am right handed and use the mouse with the left, so that I have my right hand "free" to use a pen or the (right side) numeric keypad when crunching numbers. And I do not (as many left-handers do) "invert" the miue buttons, maybe I am strange/an exception.