anyone using thier mouse upside down

[freem]

ive been using a mouse upside down since my first computer, it was a 386 33sx. all the mice coming out these days are all ergonomiclly correct. this sucks for an upside down mouse user. im using a microsoft intellimouse. not only did i buy it for the cool red stuff on the bottom at the time but i can also grab it by the **** end. after a year of use the buttons have developed a sweet spot thats hard to hit if its upside down. i was wondering if there is some type of prog that will invert the axis of the mouse so i can use maybe a track ball or some thing. right now they are impossible to use. on a weird not i mouse right side up with my left hand.

[Praetorian]

What?!! I can't seem to make any sense out of what you just posted. Your saying you grab your mouse by the end with the cord on it facing toward you?

[Bob The Great]

LOL :D

Wait you were joking right?

[madfish]

caddmannq
ya got a link as to where I can find one? Thanks..
Madfish

[Mr.Goodbytes]

I had a client who used her mouse upside down. I wanted to beat her silly with the thing. I never could understand it either. I don't know how she took care of the cord problem. I said she should just get a cordless one because she couldn't find a trackball she liked either.

[club_med]

I don't understand what you people mean with 'upside down', I’m having major trouble imagining this :confused:

[RustyGT]

Cadd,
Mouse elbow! Thats spooky, for the last 2 mths my right elbow has been so dead. Ive taken to propping up my arm on a a chair.
Mousing only with wrist and hand.

Mouse elbow may replace tennis elbow. Symptoms are similar.
Feels like arthritis. A feeling I know well, having broken a lot of bones, and having ruined knees and ankles.

Crikey! I thought I had one wing left. Only broken fingers on my right arm. [Wont count the 3 piece collarbone]
Mind the elbow is probably, swinging a tech's tool bag for too long!

Chrs Rusty.

BTW There is a suggestion that tennis elbow in non tennis players may be caused by:

Over Use, lifting glasses,..... Guilty. They are heavy!
Pullers Cramp,...................... Pass. Puhlease!

[RayH]

Yeah...it's called a trackball!

[DutchMaster]

Most natural pose would be with your hand vertically, like shaking hands with the mouse:p. Haven't found a vertical mouse pad however :D Did saw a vertical keyboard (prototype) onetime.

I use a trackball at work and I am not sure, but I think it prevents RSI (mouse arm) better than other mice.

[S.D.Willie]

oh my god. i cant wait to show this post to the guy next to me at work. he uses his mouse upside down and i ridicule him to no end for it!!!! how funny this post is. :p

SD

[Exter]

I think they mean Invert Mouse.

[freem]

well i turn the mouse around and grab it with my thumb and the finger near the pinky and use my index finger to click the buttons. i rest my rist on the table and move the mouse around with my hand the arm never moves.
i play unreal tournament like that also and mostly come out on top. ive noticed ive got a lot more control just moving my fingers. i dont have a problem with mouse elbow cause it never moves but my pinky will start hurting after a couple of hours of game play cause it just sort of hangs around suspended.

[Praetorian]

I guess I understand now what your saying. If I fully understand you then I use my mouse the same way. I only control my mouse with a movement of my wrist and not my whole arm. My index and middle finger rest on top of the mouse to click the buttons. My thumb sits on one side of the mouse and my pinky and ring finger sit on the other side. Its just easier for me like that.

[Dputiger]

Well, that's how I use a mouse--

first finger and middle finger control buttons, ring and pinky grip the other side, thumb sits to the other side.

Who else does it differently?

[GrimBo]

I invert my mouse when I'm playing 1st person shooters. Doesn't effect my regular Windows usage though. :D

[bigblue]

ok....
I thought just me being a lefty mouse user was weird...

[TechDude]

Freem.. at first i seriously thought you were joking since i thought the entire mouse was upsidedown (ball/optical light facing up, buttons facing down) and just could not imagine how that would work.

Now you might as well speak in some other language :(.

Perhaps a picture, or a better discription would help out.

Btw, if you hold your mouse backwards, doesnt it suck that you have no wheel? At school the mouses have no wheel (iMac.. ikky) and i just can not stand using those comps (and they have no buttons either!!).

And if anybody wanna know, when i hold my mouse (logitek optical mouse). I put my thumb, pinky and ring finger on the side. I never use them. My first figer after the thumb is rested on the wheel when im doing anything that requires scrolling, and right button when i have to right click stuff.. My middle finger is rested on the left click button.

[EDIT]: Im a lefty as well.. So its only natral that i use my left hand for my mouse. Sometimes i use my right hand, its not the same feeling (its weird after using your left hand for the past .. 4+ years).

[Wizzard~Of~Ozz]

I use MS Optical Trackball, I like having control with my thumb, but the ball get's sticky if I'm playing games (Sweaty Hands) I use Index for left and extra left (Back Button), Middle for mouse wheel, ring finger for right and extra right (forward button) and my pinky rests on my desk so it doesn't get tired (It is the littlest finger you know, it doesn't need the stress)

As for mouse backwards, I guess you mean cord facing you? how odd, I'ld be clicking everywhere by accident from heavy finger or pushing the mouse.

[the xenon]

i had a chem teacher who used to use mouse up side down. Well we made fun of him..... he was wierd anyway :cool: (sorry about that)

well he is the prog that i know of it might help :
Y-Not
search for it at download.com

[jak]

cant do mine ike that i have a led mouse, ive tried takes alot of work:)

[edtrip]

No, but I upgraded a system for someone once and threw on a copy of Sports car GT and they said the controls are backwards.

She was using the joystick backwards! That is, with the cord running towards her and with the trigger facing her!

That's a dim bulb.

[deltaf508]

Someone mentioned having a mouse that worked like you are shaking hands with it. I have seen one of these in a magazine. Check it out Here:

Cyberguys.com (http://www.cyberguys.com)

type item # 133 0125 in the search block and be amazed!!!!

I have honestly thought about ordering one of these. I think they would work great for a laptop. Has anyone used on before???

Gary

[cadetstimpy]

Been using the Logitech TrackMan Marble trackball ever since it came out circa 1992 I think. I have disproportionally short fingers compared to my thumb which makes the trackball fit just right! I got the newer one a few years back when the center button turned into a wheel......hmmmm too uncomfortable...went back to the regular three button.

I love the mouse aiming I can do with my thumb! :D

[Southern Belle]

lol
ok well tried it under the desk ...kept dropping it

j/k
sb

[club_med]

Could someone post a picture of how you use your mouse 'upside down' ? :)

[prttybean]

Wow, Delta that is a nifty looking mouse. It probably would be great for a laptop.

I tried turning the mouse around, lol, I can't function that way.

[TweakerXP]

You have to remember this guy is from Louisiana!!

[GrimBo]

I'm from Louisiana and I don't use mine upside down... :p

[cadetstimpy]

You'all aren't confusing up and down just like confusing your left and right are ya? :D

[Stat]

I love my ms explorer.


and this is my 150th post so I get my avitar!

[club_med]

Hehe I won't believe this until I see it, so someone post a pic while you are using the mouse.

Your all confusing me :)

[freem]

well, i went to download.com and scoured the place for an hour or so and could find anything. as soon as i get a digital camera from a friend ill post a pic.

[crazycrazy]

logitech optic USB mouse ( try it !! ) it might work for you

[freem]

sorry, i got my brother the logitech ifeel mouse for his birthday. the buttons are kind of hard to push becouse of the plastic around the buttons. the force feedback is kinda cool but it takes a lot of processor to use it. it brings down the frame rate unless you disable the nifty parts.

[Speed]

I tried it upside down, I had a hard time reading what on my monitor that way...



J/K:D

[lstark]

Freem/ My daughter and I are both right handed and use the mouse upside down. It just comes natural that way. If I try to use it the normal way ( like my other daughter) the cursor goes the wrong way like if I want to go left it goes right. I do a lot of training on my job and when the people I'm training (sometimes 2 at a time) have to copy what I do they alway's grab the mouse in disgust because they have to turn it around. They look at me like I'm crazy and ask why I do that. I can't answer that because I don't know. I hold the mouse like other's described on this board. I'm not dyslexic but could this be a rare form of mouse dyslexia ?

[Lgbpop]

Hi lstark, welcome to SysOpt.

Please be aware of the dates on the threads you choose to respond to. This one's almost six years old. ;)

However, since it's been resurrected I wonder why none of the OPs just set their mouse up (in Control Panel) for left-handed use... :confused:

[lstark]

I didn't notice the date until after I posted then felt really stupid. I didn't think anyone would reply so thank you.

[Lgbpop]

No problem!

[wildpuppy]

I been researching for others that use their computer mouse upside down.
There are more of us out here that do this. I have been doing this for the past 13 years.
Ive even passed on this to 1 son-2 daughters and one granddaughter. I think it may have to do with being Bidextrous.
All I know is that when I got my first computer, it was the only way for me to get control of the mouse. It's as natural to me as it is with the right side up users.
If there are others out there, please email me.
thank you.

Susan

[Train]

09-30-2001
was the date of the first post.