I tried vertical mouse, and the biggest issue with it is that you need to rotate your wrist each time you reach for the mouse. Just using a keyboard without num

I tried vertical mouse, and the biggest issue with it is that you need to rotate your wrist each time you reach for the mouse. Just using a keyboard without numpad solved the issue. Back in the days when I used a keyboard with numpad, I positioned my mouse below the keyboard (near the Space key) and it was a big improvement in terms of hand travel distance.