Contour Rollermouse Free 2 on its' way...
Posted: 31 Jul 2014, 21:19
OK, so my penchant for wide keyboards (LK201/LK401 variants) has caused me to question how I am to operate a mouse without having to stretch my right arm. I'm currently using a mouse on the left, which is much better, but not ideal. Although I'm left handed I prefer the mouse/trackball on the right generally as I can Control-key my way through source code as required (you know the old adage when programming in C - if a line doesn't compile, comment it out - it's probably not needed). I apply this to most programming languages I use with varying degrees of success. I can operate a mouse left-handed, but for some reason all motor control goes out of the window trying to operate the trackball. Bizarre!
My daily driver till recently for work is a HHK2 + Kensington Expert Mouse - very highly recommended combination for keeping your arms in a neutral position, as is an ergonomic chair with decent arm wrests so that you can keep your elbows pirched on the arm rests to avoid having wrists on the desk. Now I've found the joys of this Wyse vintage cherry blacks LK401-compatible keyboard I'm having a hard time going back to the HHK2 - I just love it so God-damn much!
So, back on track, I found a rollermouse being advertised on ebay.co.uk for £40: 'Contour RollerMouse Free2 Black incl. Logitech K360' - obviously the offer of effectively what amounts to a free keyboard was to good not to take up.
I'm not sure how well I'll get on with it but it certainly solves the over-reach issues if I can make it work. If not I'm hoping that I can relist it without too much trouble - it wasn't particularly well listed without a picture (I insisted on that because some people's ideas of 'nearly new' are wholy inaccurate!)
I'll report back when I've had a chance to settle in.
My daily driver till recently for work is a HHK2 + Kensington Expert Mouse - very highly recommended combination for keeping your arms in a neutral position, as is an ergonomic chair with decent arm wrests so that you can keep your elbows pirched on the arm rests to avoid having wrists on the desk. Now I've found the joys of this Wyse vintage cherry blacks LK401-compatible keyboard I'm having a hard time going back to the HHK2 - I just love it so God-damn much!
So, back on track, I found a rollermouse being advertised on ebay.co.uk for £40: 'Contour RollerMouse Free2 Black incl. Logitech K360' - obviously the offer of effectively what amounts to a free keyboard was to good not to take up.
I'm not sure how well I'll get on with it but it certainly solves the over-reach issues if I can make it work. If not I'm hoping that I can relist it without too much trouble - it wasn't particularly well listed without a picture (I insisted on that because some people's ideas of 'nearly new' are wholy inaccurate!)
I'll report back when I've had a chance to settle in.