Re: Has anyone invented a foot mouse yet?

Dear List:

    Many thanks to all of you for your responses.  Given the prices, I 
may hold off for now and see how I get along with a trackball on the 
floor.  Mostly I'm after a hands-free method of scrolling down pages or 
hitting start/stop on the music notation software, so I'm not worried 
about the ergonomic implications.  Maybe if I duct-tape a regular mouse 
to my bare foot and reverse the right and left click so I can use my 
left big toe...

    Thanks again,

    Doug MacNaughton

Naveed Ahmed wrote:

>One pedal moves the cursor around by tilting the pedal in the direction you want it to move. The other pedal left clicks if you press forward or right clicks if you press on back.
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>Naveed
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>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>  From: Keith Ratliff 
>  To: [email protected] 
>  Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 3:17 PM
>  Subject: Re: [altkeyboards] Has anyone invented a foot mouse yet?
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>  So umm... How does one actually use a foot mouse??
>
>  The picture doesn't make it look like it slides around... And why are there
>  two pedals?
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>  --Keith
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>  On 6/22/07, Naveed Ahmed <[email protected]> wrote:
>  >
>  > I have a used one of these for sale for $150 + actual shipping, if
>  > anyone's interested.
>  >
>  > http://www.footmouse.com/
>  >
>  > For reference, my ebay id is 'takhyon'.
>  >
>  > Naveed
>  >
>  >
>  > ----- Original Message -----
>  > From: Thomas Levine
>  > To: [email protected] <altkeyboards%40yahoogroups.com>
>  > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 1:27 PM
>  > Subject: Re: [altkeyboards] Has anyone invented a foot mouse yet?
>  >
>  > Yes<
>  > http://www.google.com/search?q=foot+mouse&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS228
>  > >
>  >
>  > But you should note the ergonomic problems of one. The main problem of
>  > hand
>  > mice is static muscle loading--you have to hold your finger up for
>  > prolonged
>  > periods of time. This stresses the same muscles repeatedly and can cause
>  > problems with circulation, and the problem will probably be bigger if the
>  > foot mouse works the same way. (That said, I couldn't figure out exactly
>  > how those foot mice work, so this may not matter.)
>  >
>  > On 6/22/07, Doug MacNaughton <[email protected]<doug.lee%40ca.inter.net>>
>  > wrote:
>  > >
>  > > Dear List:
>  > >
>  > > The more I'm using the computer while playing guitar or piano, the
>  > > more I find myself wishing I had a mouse that I could use with my left
>  > > foot. Any idea if anyone has developed one?
>  > >
>  > > Best wishes,
>  > >
>  > > Doug MacNaughton
>  > >
>  > >
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