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I loved pointing sticks for years but the backpressure gave me RSI.
by noveltyaccount 2y ago
I loved pointing sticks for years but the backpressure gave me RSI.
- cenamus 2y agoYeah same, not quite RSI, but definintively some pain after a while. Just wish they made them more like a game controller joystick instead of a piece of solid plastic with some strain gauges (or whatever they use, almost no travel)
- jcheng 2y agoI’ve never heard anyone else mention this before, but same here. Incredibly painful. It was 25 years ago and I still wince whenever I see one of those nubs.
- lukeschlather 2y agoI love the Thinkpads that have both a touchpad and a trackpoint. It gives me an opportunity to use more than one position for mousing. For me all mice and also touchpads are not the most comfortable thing to use, so having more than one option is very important.
- numpad0 2y agoThere's gen 1, gen 2 and gen 2 low profile, appeared in that order. Gen 2 and later with maximum sensitivity(separate from mouse speed/acceleration) should nearly completely solve that problem, the default is way too heavy.
- mmooss 2y ago> the backpressure gave me RSI Is there actual pressure? Does the pointstick move at all? Does it matter how hard you press on it? Or is that just psychological - you see the cursor moving and assume you are pushing against something.
- noveltyaccount 2y agoIt's a strain gauge, and you have to push against it to move the cursor. Whether or not it actually moved? I'm not sure.