Have you ever considered of mousing ambidextrously?

[WangQiang]

I'm also a programmer, as working in front of computer day and day, my
right hand is so tired and get some pain. So I tried to mouse in both
hands. I find that it is really an efficient way to release pains. At
first I switched the mouse buttons in windows control panel, but it
taken me several steps to finish it, and I can't flip the cursor, so I
made a utility. With it I can switch mouse buttons and flip the cursor
immediately by pressing a hotkey. I gave it a name: "Ambidexter Mouse",
do you want to have a try: www.ambidexter-mouse.com

(Some people asked me, "Why does it take an executable of 1.3 MByte
to draw two buttons and make one system call? I will say, I used the
SoftwarePassport www.siliconrealms.com to add a shell for my product)

[Michiel van der Blonk]

Nice idea. I use my mouse ambidextrously. I have had no problems with
my wrists since. I do not need a computer program though. At work I use
the mouse left handed, and at home and everywhere I use the mouse right
handed. Since I am a speedcuber too (look it up if you don't know what
that is) I had no problem switching.

Michiel

[Dan]

Are you guys actually talking about mousing with your left hand? I used
to get real lower back pain on my right lower back. Sometimes even a
lot of shoulder pain etc... I started actually mousing with my left
hand about 4 years ago, and all of that went away. It took me about 3
days to get efficient and from then on, it was like I always did use it
left handed. I tell you, really, a mouse is a terrrible pointing
device. It is always set up on the side of the keyboard, so its never
really in front of you and you find yourself sometimes leaning over
woriking with it. You always have to take your hands off the keyboard
to use it. Not really ideal for a programmer puttting in hundreds of
lines of code a day. The old macros with programs like Wordperfect were
a lot more efficient once you learned them. Anyway, just wondering.