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Letter: Sinister mousing

Published 3 April 2004

From Ken Garner

You ran a news item about controlling a computer mouse with your left hand (13 March, p 17). As a right-handed person, I changed over a number of years ago, partly as the result of a temporarily bruised hand.

I have never looked back. Within a few days I was as proficient with the left hand as I was, and still am, with my right hand. I didn’t find it necessary to reverse the buttons either. Apart from the possible posture benefits your article mentioned, I find the main advantage is that I can make notes, and use the keypad, return key and also a tablet with my normal writing hand, without removing my other hand from the mouse.

Join the elite, go left. After all, we perform a host of other simple tasks daily with the left hand – such as changing gear in a car in the UK.

Chessington, Surrey, UK

Issue no. 2441 published 3 April 2004

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