Do your prefer Touchpad over optical mouse? / myLot

Spain

October 28, 2008 10:19pm CST

I use a touch pad and mouse, but i noticed that prolonged use of mouse cause strain on my palm, the carpal tunnel syndrome as they say, but when i use the touch pad, i dont feel the same strain on my hand but i am slower in my work. How about you? which human interface device do you prefer to use?

5 responses

philjas

@philjas (1134)

• United States

29 Oct 08

I used to think touchpads sounded like a great idea, but after using one for awhile on my laptop I realized a mouse is much more efficient.

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hitejam89

@hitejam89 (523)

• India

29 Oct 08

yea mouse is much more efficient and comfortable. besides im not gud with touch pad it really difficult to move around with it as compared to optical mouse. i like mouse more and even bought a mouse for my laptop.

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kens425

@kens425 (436)

• Spain

29 Oct 08

well it takes a lot of practice., i think im good at the touchpad but i still am better with the mouse. the touchpad is a space saver also. did you have carpal tunnel in your use of the mouse?

rishisingh2225

@rishisingh2225 (31)

• India

29 Oct 08

To navigate in general Touch pads are better but for gaming you must use a normal mouse.

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kens425

@kens425 (436)

• Spain

29 Oct 08

thats correct, gaming with the touch pad as controls is not a good idea, some functions do not execute on the pad.

Kmarie923

@Kmarie923 (875)

• United States

29 Oct 08

I am so used to using my laptop that I now prefer to use a Touchpad. However, I can use the optical mouse just as easily. The only thing that I hate about using a mouse is if it has a ball instead of a laser. A mouse that uses a ball is sometimes hard to use after a while.

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noelcruz

@noelcruz (323)

• Philippines

29 Oct 08

I prefer mouse rather than touchpad. It is making me slower when using touchpad on laptop thats why I bought a separate mouse to be use in laptop. Happy mylotting!!

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kens425

@kens425 (436)

• Spain

29 Oct 08

Its true for me that i'm slower in the touch pad, do you feel strained also when you use the mouse ?

Shasta

@cupkitties (7421)

• United States

29 Oct 08

I would prefer if there was some way to get a voice command that will work. I have issues with my wrist from an old work injury. However there are real bad side effect to using touch screens. Look up the term "gorilla arm" and you find what I mean.

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kens425

@kens425 (436)

• Spain

29 Oct 08

well i like to eat while using the computer, thats why i prefer touch screen, voice commands are not yet widely used in my country, the most common human interface device is the mouse, touch pad, and touch screen. What are these programs that can use voice command? would you mind sharing us what hardware and software we need to do that?