So. Someone today noticed that I use my mouse with my left hand, and assumed I was left handed.
I'm 100% right handed.
I have frankly forgotten that right handed people only use their mouse with their right hand.
The reason I started using a mouse with my left hand was because I had had problems with my right wrist and I also have a scoliosis, and total reliance on the right of my body was bad for musculoskeletal stability.
The thing is that when I need to use a mouse in my right hand, it's totally easy. But I've got so used to using it with my left hand, that it feels like home. Just goes to show: you can change your practice so profoundly that you can't imagine operating differently.
Joanne Jacobs
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