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GoodGuy -> RE: Please help me to save my fingers! (4/9/2010 11:36:32 PM)
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Actually, I think you'll even have more pain after a while, as - with a trackball - you'll then either use the index finger or the middle finger excessively, while rarely moving your hand. I had to dump mine (problem with sinews in my hand), and got a logitech MX 518 laser mouse (which has 5 additional customizable buttons) instead (good for surfing or using office apps, not just for gaming :p).
The Logitech has a round shape though, which may put some stress on your wrist.
In turn, some trackballs are really good, but some are either too slow (means you have to move the ball quite a bit to get the mouse pointer where you want) or too fast (so that it gets really hard to handle the sucker), you won't get to a decent setting with some of them (because some have a really low resolution [low dpi]). I'd actually check them live in a store, to see if they are ok.
You might not have to switch to a trackball, putting say 2 (!) telephone books under your mouse and forearm (harda explain, so that your forearm, elbow and the mouse are on the same level and a thin wrist pad, or with the mouse even higher - for a change) might do it already. Most people use to operate a mouse (at work) with their elbows being on a higher level than the mouse. That kills the wrist, imho.
I'd also recommend a really flat mouse, one that has a planar end/middle part, and where the front (mouse buttons) has a slope. Convex/curbed mice add to the stress on the wrist, in my experience, as hand and wrist can never relax. The thinner the mouse the better. Well, that's my theory.
The Razer Boomslang is pretty flat, for example.
Another idea might be to get a mouse with removable weights (like the G-series from Logitech), where you can change the weight of the mouse to your liking. Helps a lot. I had that mouse before. Cons: the round shape.
If you wanna ruin your sinews (!), get a trackball.
(But again, that's just my theory, go check it out in a store)
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