[PCB_FORUM] Re: mouse challenge!

I once used a very good trackball , Microsoft Inteli Mouse, you track with your 
two fingers, (Index and middle) and click using ur thumb. I like it b'coz its a 
trackball (And the ball doesn't fall off to often) and my fingers got tired of 
the click route click so using my Thumb was really a lifesaver. I couldn't find 
it anymore during my last trip to the states, and I left my previous company so 
had to leave the trackball behind. 

----- Original Message ----
From: "Riley, Andrew" <andrew.riley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 9, 2006 2:22:07 AM
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: mouse challenge!


Alan,
 
Though I do not use a wrist rest, I do prevent my wrist from bending as Gary 
wrote about.  I enjoy Logitech's MX1000.  My brother has CTS and also uses a 
trackball.  He will not use a mouse.  One thing to note is that my brother had 
surgery done and now highly recommends avoiding it if at all possible.
 
I also second Gary's feelings in hoping your carpal tunnel syndrome goes away 
and permanently.  
 
Cheers!
Drew


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[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary MacIndoe
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:35 AM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: mouse challenge!


Alan,
 
Iâve been a mouse jockey now for a little under eighteen years.  Almost all 
of that has been manual routing, eight hours a day, seven days a week etc.
 
A few years after I started, I felt like I was starting to get carpal tunnel.  
I knew I had to avoid it, so I figured out that my technique was not 
ergonomically correct!  I got a wrist rest, set up my desk and chair to keep my 
forearm at the correct height to not have a bend in my wrist etc.  The feeling 
of carpal tunnel started to go away and has never come back!  Sometimes during 
especially intense work (routing like a mad dog!), my wrist starts to hurt a 
bit, so I just stop and move it around and massage it.
 
I really think the mouse you use will make a difference, since we spend many 
hours a day using it.  I have come to the conclusion that the Logitech hand 
specific mouse is the best for lots of mouse work.  I use a right handed MX510 
and it keeps the hand in the correct position and is very easy to grab and has 
great button/click action.
 
Gook luck either way, staying with the trackball or back to a mouse, hope the 
carpal tunnel goes away!
 
Regards,
 
Gary E. MacIndoe
PCB Design Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices
Longmont, Colorado
 



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[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of alan fisch
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 7:36 AM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] mouse challenge!
 
I've recently moved to a Logitech Marble Trackball mouse due to carpal tunnel. 
I'd like to know if anyone has a good example of a dedicated lefthand trackball 
mouse.
I find trackball mice helps greatly with the carpal tunnel.
Any other thoughts on mice to assist with carpal tunnel would be welcome.
 
And no I don't use strokes in Allegro. 
Had to mention Allegro once in the e-mail ...:-)
 
Alan

george.h.patrick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
 
It is damn near impossible to use strokes with a trackball :)
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bolman, Shirley H
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 12:21
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: mouse change w/15.5
In a previous life, I was doing schematic entry in Mentor and learned the 
"strokes"!
Wow they were just great. Once you get used to them they are very powerful.
 
When I started up on Cadence I found they had only a few strokes and most of 
them
didn't work well so I went back to using function keys for the basic things. Of 
course
it doesn't help much that Cadence follows the Select a process then select the 
thing the 
process is to affect. Whereas Mentor you select the item, then tell it what 
process you want to
use. 
 
One of these days I will train my Cadence tool how to use strokes better but as 
a librarian
there are only a few basic things I need now.
 
Shirley in Oregon
 



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[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of lthemanz
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 1:17 AM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: mouse change w/15.5
I've seen those strokes performed by Mentor users, and it works really fast. 
Some of them look like ninja's just stroking their mouse. 

----- Original Message ----
From: David Greig <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 1:49:53 AM
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: mouse change w/15.5
Hope xyz@xxxxxxxxxx reads my posting when they get back into their office!
 
 
Best Regards
 
David Greig
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[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene Carman
Sent: 17 February 2006 17:15
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: mouse change w/15.5
LOL... the Mentor people think "strokes" are the best thing since sliced bread. 
 
 
Give me configurable keyboard control anyday.
-----Original Message-----
From: icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of David Greig
Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 1:24 AM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: mouse change w/15.5
env variable,  "unset no_dynamic_zoom"
 
why on earth it's even an option? about as much use as strokes.
 
Best Regards
 
David Greig
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[mailto:icu-pcb-forum-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary MacIndoe
Sent: 16 February 2006 21:34
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] mouse change w/15.5
Hey guys,
 
Iâm not sure whatâs going on with my mouse, or if itâs even a result of 
upgrading to 15.5.
 
Before, while on 15.2, clicking the middle mouse button would continue zooming 
in if I had just zoomed in.
If I had just zoomed out, the middle mouse button would continue the zooming 
out when clicked.
 
Now, clicking the middle mouse button zooms me in, whether I just zoomed out or 
in.
 
Not a big deal, but anyone have any clues as to where this is set?
 
Thanks!
 
Gary E. MacIndoe
PCB Design Engineer
Advanced Micro Devices
Longmont, Colorado
 
 
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