Optimal mouse for using LabVIEW?

[billko]

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@Bob_Schor wrote:

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@Tim_McClung wrote:

I am a fan of the Logitech M570: 

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... and I'm another fan!  Especially for laptops (track-pads drive me crazy, and who wants to leave greasy fingerprints on your screen?).

Bob Schor

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I once saw someone who was actually proficient at using a trackpad with LabVIEW.  It was breathtaking.  😄

[Tim_McClung]

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@Hooovahh wrote:

Also I don't think I like wireless.  It is one more thing to worry about when a normal mouse just plugs in and works.  Am I too much of an old man?  I get that I can just place it in a cradle but what if I throw it in my bag and go off site forgetting the charger?

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This is one of the features of the logitech unifying mice.  Most run well over a year on a single AA.  I have no idea how they are that efficient.  I've been using the same M570 at work for 3 years and I've replaced the single AA once.  The App will tell you too how much battery time you've got left. (attached is the current status of my trackball)

[BowenM]

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@Hooovahh wrote:

Also I don't think I like wireless.  It is one more thing to worry about when a normal mouse just plugs in and works.  Am I too much of an old man?  I get that I can just place it in a cradle but what if I throw it in my bag and go off site forgetting the charger?

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Well, this is about to be a thing...  wireless charging on a wireless mouse!

[aputman]

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@BowenM wrote:

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@Hooovahh wrote:

Also I don't think I like wireless.  It is one more thing to worry about when a normal mouse just plugs in and works.  Am I too much of an old man?  I get that I can just place it in a cradle but what if I throw it in my bag and go off site forgetting the charger?

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Well, this is about to be a thing...  wireless charging on a wireless mouse!

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That is cool.  

[Hooovahh]

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@billko wrote:

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I once saw someone who was actually proficient at using a trackpad with LabVIEW.  It was breathtaking.  😄 

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Oh you just reminded me.  I was at a movie theater for the LabVIEW 2012 premiere showing, and a guy had his phone out and remoted into a PC, and then was programming in LabVIEW with the touch screen on his phone.  It was painfully slow to watch but after a few minutes he had a VI that was written and running.

Just put in a request for the Logitech MX Performance.  Here's to faster, and more comfortable programming.

Also on the subject of ergonomics, I've been using a split keyboard for a while now and enjoy it.  It is the Kinesis Freestyle2, with VIP3 adapter.  Basically the two halves of the keyboard can be 10 inches apart, with a wrist rest, and lifting on one edge.  It throws other people for a loop trying to use it but I like being able to have my hands more separated.  That being said it is pretty expensive for a non-mechanical keyboard.

[Ben]

I have been using a Kensington Expert Track ball for more than 18 years.

I may be on number 3 or 4 at this point. The new version does not use the mechanical wheel coupled to an encoder and has been lasting a good long time.

The only trackball/mouse/pointing device that I ever used that was better was the built-in trackball that was part of the "AN-SPS 58A radar console" which was a massive steel ball. The big trackballs have inertia so a quick flick of a finger can "throw" the cursor across the screen.

Another nice feature is that once I lift my fingers off of the ball the mouse does not move and I can right or left click without disturbing the mouse location. That eases part of the carpel tunnel since I do not have to hold the mouse still at the same time I am clicking something.

Re:Carpel tunnel

Two things have helped me.

1) Wear wrist braces any time I touch a mouse ( mouse mind you, not the track ball. They are evil creatures that will crawl inside my wrists and chew on my nerves).

2) Gardening and running a shovel on a regular basis. Digging dirt regularly has built up the muscles in my forearms and I can often develop without using the wrist braces.

Just my 2 cents,

Ben