I had a chat about switching to a vertical mouse, with the Ergonomist (desk ergonomics guy) at my workplace. I short, he told me that if a regular mouse doesn’t cause issues, it’s not a good idea to switch. As your wrist and hand will have to adjust to different kinds of loads and movements which can start causing issues.
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FuzzChef@feddit.de 8 months ago
I tried and ironically my wrists didn’t like it at all.
Threeme2189@lemmy.world 7 months ago
doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 8 months ago
I’ve never tried it but the idea of constantly holding something just sounds like hell for the carpals.
foofyfoofoo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
You don’t hold them any more than a horizontal mouse
doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 8 months ago
Wouldn’t you thumb it against your palm so that your fingers are always aligned with the buttons, such is the case with a regular mouse?
foofyfoofoo@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Well… I know there’s actually three ways to hold a traditional mouse, I saw a video about it once. Which was surprising to me, but mostly because I have big hands and I can only hold a mouse one way.
But for me when I’m holding a horizontal mouse the mouse is “grasped” by my hand as a whole, and I’d say my pinky and thumb are in a way holding the mouse.
With a vertical mouse it’s much the same where my whole hand is grasping. I’m not holding it any more with my thumb because the thumb rests on the body of the mouse. In fact as I think about it and type this out I think I have to hold a horizontal mouse more than a vertical, but again it might just be related to hand size.
I use both. Horizontal for gaming so I can have more than two thumb buttons. Vertical for work as it does give my wrist and forearm a “rest.”
aeno@feddit.de 8 months ago
You just lay your hand on it. After a few minutes it settles as a natural resting position. And let me tell you, it’s sooooo much better than resting your hand on a traditional mouse. Best thing: these cheap vertical mice are not inherently worse than, say, a Logitech MX vertical. Just give it a try for 20 bucks.
Sylvartas@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Just like a “normal” mouse you don’t hold it as much as you push it around. But we (at least, me and the people I’ve discussed this with) tend to actually “hold” normal mouses more because they are rarely very ergonomic and you can’t really move them in a satisfactory manner without gripping them at least a little.