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Subject: Re: Left-handed mousing
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On Tue, 31 Aug 2004, Peter Hummers wrote:

> >On Tuesday 31 August 2004 02:18 pm, Mike Hunter wrote:
> >> So it's deceptive to think that using the left hand would correspond to
> >> the *idea* of something on the left.
> >
> >Is there any reason to think that the idea of "left" is dealt with by the
> >left
> >side of the brain? Sounds highly unlikely to me. You certainly don't think of
> >"front" only with the prefrontal cortex, or "back" only with the occipital
> >lobe.
> >
> >Apart from the one guy who gave a patch, this has been a very entertaining
> >(if
> >useless) thread  :)
>
> Have many of you right-handers have tried left-hand mousing? It's quite
> efficient; look at your keyboard. The extra keys are on the right. It's not
> hard at all, either.

I moved to left hand mousing about 9 years ago when my right hand because
overused.  Doom had nothing to do with it.  Not at all.  No, it'd didn't.

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Dan Langille - http://www.langille.org/