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7 Ways To Stop Your Arms Hurting

By Ricky Buchanan on January 16, 2009

7 Ways To Stop Your Arms Hurting

Are you like many people in this keyboarding age whose arms, wrists, or hands hurt from typing or mousing too much? Even if you don’t have full blown RSI or carpal tunnel, pain after using the computer too much can be disabling, and a signal that you may be in store for worse if you don’t change things. So what can you do?

Posted in Information, OS X, Overuse Injuries, Users | Tagged carpal tunnel syndrome, dvorak, eyestrain, features, headache, keyboard enhancement, keyboard layout, keyboard mapping, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse cursor, mouse enhancement, mouse replacement, overuse, overuse injury, qwerty, repeditive strain injury, rsi, speed up typing, strain, tendonitis, tension, touchpad, trackball, trackpad, type faster, typing quicker | 17 Responses

Turn Your iPhone Into An Air Mouse

By Ricky Buchanan on November 7, 2008

Turn Your iPhone Into An Air Mouse

An Air Mouse is one you can hold in your hand and move around. This type of mouse moves the mouse cursor in response to the left/right and up/down movement of your hand holding the mouse. The Air Mouse application for the iPhone and iPod Touch turns your gadget into one of these types of mice.

Posted in iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged air mouse, mouse alternative, mouse replacement, trackpad, unusual input devices | 1 Response

pearPad – iPhone as a trackpad/keyboard for your Mac

By Ricky Buchanan on September 3, 2008

pearPad – iPhone as a trackpad/keyboard for your Mac

pearPad is a two-part application that lets you use your iPhone or iPod Touch as a wireless trackpad or keyboard for your Mac. There is a program you run on the Mac – available for Tiger or Leopard – and a program from the iTunes App Store which is run on the iPhone or iPod Touch.

Posted in iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged ipod touch, mouse alternative, mouse enhancement, mouse replacement, multitouch, Platform: iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, touchpad, trackpad, unsual input devices | 8 Responses

MultiClutch

By Ricky Buchanan on April 17, 2008

MultiClutch

Will Henderson’s MultiClutch [gives you] flexibility by extending multi-touch gestures to all programs.

Posted in New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged free, minimize typing, mouse alternative, mouse enhancement, touchpad, trackpad, unusual input devices | Leave a response

Touchpad tips and shortcuts

By Ricky Buchanan on April 3, 2008

Touchpad tips and shortcuts

Make the most of the new touchpads found on the 2008 MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.

Posted in Information, Mac Laptops, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged touchpad, touchpad shortcuts, trackpad | 6 Responses

Touchpad Pro

By Ricky Buchanan on March 19, 2008

Touchpad Pro

It’s difficult to find a touchpad/trackpad for a desktop computer like an iMac or Mac Pro. Here’s a solution that lets you use an iPhone or iPod Touch as an external trackpad.

Posted in iPhone/iPod Touch/iTouch, New Software, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged free, free trial, ipod touch, mouse, mouse alternative, mouse enhancement, mouse replacement, multitouch, opensource, shareware, touchpad, trackpad, unsual input devices, unusual input devices | Leave a response

Simple: Trackpad mouse clicks without using the buttons

By Ricky Buchanan on February 25, 2008

Simple: Trackpad mouse clicks without using the buttons

Did you know you can generate mouse clicks using a laptop trackpad without using the trackpad buttons? If you have a fairly new MacBook, you can even use this method to generate right clicks without touching the buttons.

Posted in Information, Mac Laptops, Primary Keyboard Users, Primary Mouse Users, Users | Tagged mouse clicking, tap clicking, trackpad, trackpad clicking | Leave a response

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