Way to avoid clicking links on other pages, which lead me to a greatĪrticle on LifeHacker about Mouseless Firefox. While using Search Keys one day I started wondering if there was a Using Search Keys a while now - maybe a year - and I like it a lot. Numbers). To close incremental search, just hit Ctrl-F, Escape. Keys (that's a good thing, otherwise you could never search a page for The middle of an incremental search, the number keys won't activate Search Keys adds a number shortcut next to each search result, so you can just By far, the site I use most frequently is Google search, so the Search Keys Website is the last bastion of inaccessibility, with image buttons and AJAXified
#MOUSELESS BROWSING WINDOWS#
I'll talk about some Windows and application specific shortcuts in a minute,īut I'm going to start with the hard one first - browsing.
Step 3: Use your keyboard as much as possible Browsing I only put it there to fulfil the terms of Iĭon't really work with the bright yellow Wumpus sticker under the monitor To keep me honest, and the trackball even further out of reach on the right. I've got my left handed mouse a little out of reach on the left You can see the tablet in front of the MicrosoftĮrgo keyboard. I'm happy with the tablet since it seems the most natural andįlexible to me, but just about anything that can replace a mouse is a great With a guy who's tried them all (howdy, Ted!) and settled on one that looks likeĪ joystick. There are a lot of other alternative pointing devices out there. Right-click button doesn't work that well. I mapped one of the tablet function keys to right-click since my pen Shift to pop open an art program and retouch a website image when the needĪrises. Pointing device for art and photo manipulation, so it's not such a conceptual Plus, an added bonus is that it's a much better Which was a bit more expensive but a lot more flexible - I can lean back in The one I've got is wireless (BlueTooth), You can hold the pen in a lot of comfortable positions andĮasily move around in your chair. You can move around the screen by moving your arm without moving the wrist or Isn't nearly as repetitive as with any other pointing device I've used, since Trackman Wheel) the only time I use a mouse is with left hand so Years ago (my current trackball is a Logitech If you have to use a pointing device, you can switch to something that puts Step 2: Ditch the mouse for a better pointing device People over the years who switched to left handed mousing and haven't had any You can make and it can give you some immediate relief. It's a bit frustrating at first, but it's the easiest change The simplest thing you can do is to just switch I'd like to add to that by discussing some practical ways to avoid the mostĭamaging motion in modern computing - mousing. Program if you can't type or double-click.Ītwood recently wrote about some great tips forĬaring for your hands and wrists - things like exercise, posture, breaks.
We can muddle our way through less than optimal projects andĬoding blunders (hopefully learning as we go), but it's pretty hard to In the line of duty, but by far the top job hazard is Repetitive Stress
#MOUSELESS BROWSING PROFESSIONAL#
The professional programmer encounters a variety of challenges and annoyances
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