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0 pointslproven2y ago0 comments

Good plan!

I didn't have that option as I was born shortly before Douglas Engelbart did the "mother of all demos". Mice hadn't really been invented yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos

Sadly for me I crippled my right arm in a bicycle crash in April and now it's quite painful to use it for a mouse, so I use it in my left hand mainly now... but I am working on it.

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packetlost2y ago

IMO it's easier to get the gestures with your off hand on a trackpad down than the more particular movements of a mouse. It's less constraining and you're likely already used to using it in a similar with a phone

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0 pointslproven2y ago0 comments

Good plan!

I didn't have that option as I was born shortly before Douglas Engelbart did the "mother of all demos". Mice hadn't really been invented yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mother_of_All_Demos

Sadly for me I crippled my right arm in a bicycle crash in April and now it's quite painful to use it for a mouse, so I use it in my left hand mainly now... but I am working on it.

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packetlost2y ago

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