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2 fingers or 3 fingers?
- Thread starter RaySpencer
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Slappers Only
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Precisely what my hand is doing.
That's what I mean. Look at how unbalanced that grip is. Use your pinky on the right wall and the grip is far more balanced.
Henchmen21
Banned
Fixed that for you
All five because I use this:
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Pick up your mouse with thumb, ring, and pinky finger without your index or middle finger touching. Now, let go with your ring finger. For me, I lose absolutely nothing by letting go with the ring finger. It offers next to no support or control over the mouse.
If I just let go with my pinky instead of my ring finger, then the mouse tilts backwards since the grip is too forward on the mouse. Pinky + thumb brings the grip closer to its center of gravity, leaving the mouse stable.
(unless you're using a claw grip...then ring finger works out okay)
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Deleted member 81567
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You guys finger mice?
Shalashaska
Member
This!Three buttons so three fingers, never need to move them. You Mac two finger users :|
Came here to post this, and then we were talking about mice...
Joe Molotov
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Two in the pink, one in the stink.
I prefer mini size mice. I hold the mouse with my thumb and ring finger tips, my pointer finger rests on the mouse wheel (for forum reading, when playing a game it's on left click) and middle finger rests on right click. It's really effortless to move around because of the size and weight.
Orbis Tabula
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Really the only way.
Omegasquash
Member
Two is the way to roll when you're getting comfortable. Then as you get to know her you can gauge your comfort levels and maybe move on to three, moving her all around and really pressing her buttons.
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
I use my feet.
TheContact
Member
Another misleading sexual title!!
MaximusNeo701
Member
So by this logic apple mice where designed for 1 finger ontop? Also track pads everywhere.....
Raptomex
Member
Exactly.
Angry Fork
Member
Same here, I rarely actually use the 3rd one but it's just kind of hanging there. I use middle finger for scrolling.
Yea I do this. I can't imagine people doing it another way. It's probably conditioning from constant PC gaming.
TheContact
Member
Anyway, my index finger goes on the left click and my middle finger goes on the right click. I use my index finger to use the scroll wheel. It's weird using 3 fingers for 3 buttons. It's like driving a clutch, if I had 3 legs I probably wouldn't have 1 on each pedal.
Am I the only one that uses one finger? When I simply browse Internet I only hold my index finger on the scroll wheel and hold the other fingers to the right. I only put my middle finger on top when I have to use left button and after doing so it slides back to the side of the mouse.
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Deleted member 17706
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I've always held the mouse like this and used either finger to control the mousewheel.
I think I'm going to try the three-finger approach starting now to see if I like it.
All five because I use this:
Care to write some impressions about that mouse type?
I am thinking of buying something like that.
Currently I use an A4Tech X7, and it seems to me that the whole palm and fingers resting on the mouse doesn't suit me well. I have the feeling that my hand starts hurting sooner then when using smaller mice with the crawl grip.
As for the trackball mouse I am considering it because one time I had tennis elbow like symptoms because of the regular type.
Other then that I am really satisfied with this mouse:
Three buttons so three fingers, never need to move them. You Mac two finger users :|
This is me exactly. Logitech MX510 hell yeah.
I definitely clicked because I thought it was sexually related thread.
I want one. Glad to see some actual user opinion abut stuff like this.
Mouse? I haven't used a mouse in over 2 years.
Haters be damned, they don't call them "Magic" for nothing. I even use it to play games. I've gotten quite good at playing FPS games (Mainly DOOM clones in the modern ZDoom engine) with this thing. (Never could stand using a mouse for FPS games, but for some reason the trackpad comes so naturally to me.)
To answer the question. All five fingers. Depending on the gesture and what I need to do at the time. Left hand.
Haters be damned, they don't call them "Magic" for nothing. I even use it to play games. I've gotten quite good at playing FPS games (Mainly DOOM clones in the modern ZDoom engine) with this thing. (Never could stand using a mouse for FPS games, but for some reason the trackpad comes so naturally to me.)
To answer the question. All five fingers. Depending on the gesture and what I need to do at the time. Left hand.
After years of using a traditional mouse, my right arm would start to hurt from my elbow up. I bought one of these and haven't looked back.
A few months ago I was talking to someone with arthritis in their wrists, who had trouble with traditional mice. I started thinking... wouldn't a vertical mouse solve the problem? It would allow a person to not put as much stress on themselves by using the mouse itself as leverage.
I started coming up with ideas and designs and wondering if I could pitch the idea somewhere and make some money.
And then I googled "vertical mouse" and saw Evoluent. So, fuck Evoluent. I could've been a millionaire :shakefist
... Yeah thanks a lot.
AnathemicOne
Banned
Thumb on the left side edge of the mouse (the edge of where the side and top join)
Index finger on Left Button (I use this to scroll too)
Middle finger on Right Button
Ring finger is bent and presses against the right side wall of the mouse
Pinky hangs lose and usually rests/presses down on the table
Index finger on Left Button (I use this to scroll too)
Middle finger on Right Button
Ring finger is bent and presses against the right side wall of the mouse
Pinky hangs lose and usually rests/presses down on the table
im doing this right now
Hypereides
Member
The shocker is nice. But I prefer the bowling grip. ;o
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kittens
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Every time I scroll past this thread title I giggle.
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