Left handers rejoice!

joffy · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:17

Logitech have finally made a mouse for left-handers...
http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/08/logitech-mx610-laser-mouse-takes-a-jump-to-the-left/

Yewen · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:19

Ooooo about time, my mom will be happy

She can not stand the right handed mice she has to use.

PinkPig · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:36

I've never understood the issue, I'm left handed but have always used a mouse in my right hand, using it in my left feels really odd!

joffy · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:53

I find using my right ok for general use, but playing games I need all the help i can get and have to use my left.

james.miller · 9 Mar 2006 at 17:54

PinkPig said:
I've never understood the issue, I'm left handed but have always used a mouse in my right hand, using it in my left feels really odd!

because some people do actually use them in their left hands? lol

...oh yeah btw, GREAT NEWS. i may have to buy one. hopefully it'll work with my current logitech setup

ALLI · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:00

happy with my saitek gamers mouse tbh

nice bit of kit

benjo plz. · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:03

ZOMFG!
puts down Diamondback.

Naffa · 9 Mar 2006 at 18:24

nice to feel wanted by mouse makers now :eek:

i use my mouse in my left hand and own a copperhead, but kool :cool:

Hagar_not_hagar · 9 Mar 2006 at 19:49

I don't know, we should be burning them at the stake for being backward bedevilled witches not making mice for them. What's the world coming too?

Mr Mister · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:08

bet they will be twice the price of a right handed equivalent because they will be made in smaller numbers

joffy · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:32

Mr Mister said:
bet they will be twice the price of a right handed equivalent because they will be made in smaller numbers

"And, remarkably, Logitech is pricing the new version at $59.99, the same price the company charges for the righty mouse".

Mikey1280 · 9 Mar 2006 at 20:45

I'm left handed but have never used a mouse in my left hand, feels weird, actually I only cut and write using my left hand.

Roduga · 9 Mar 2006 at 21:56

Haven't they found a cure yet?

RandomTom · 9 Mar 2006 at 22:49

Mikey1280 said:
I'm left handed but have never used a mouse in my left hand, feels weird

snap, I can use a mouse with my left but it's no way as good as with the right. I'm still using a m$ optical intellimouse v3 (iirc) and I want more! they're such good mice,

edit: just googled, and it's the 1.1 intellimouse

simisker · 9 Mar 2006 at 22:51

About bloody time, too. Begone from my house, unexceptional and wired MX-310s, begone from my house.

One question, though - does this mean they'll soon be shipping both left- and right-handed diNovo sets? The cynic in me says not, and that the lefty mouse will continue to be an optional extra, though an exchange scheme might be provided.

Etaqua · 9 Mar 2006 at 22:52

I'm a left hander, and using a mouse - any mouse - feels weird in my left hand.

I doubt these will be popular, even in the left handed community. I'm actually using a right handed only mouse at the moment, and I still get the headshots in on right handers with right handed mice.

simisker · 9 Mar 2006 at 22:54

Etaqua said:
[...]I'm actually using a right handed only mouse at the moment, and I still get the headshots in on right handers with right handed mice.

RSI from improper wrist positioning can really put the kybosh on one's headshot tally, though.

benjo plz. · 9 Mar 2006 at 22:57

simisker said:
RSI from improper wrist positioning can really put the kybosh on one's headshot tally, though.

He's using his right hand for mousing.

simisker · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:05

A minor issue

My point is still valid for any lefties who use - or feel obliged to use - right-handed designs in their left, though.

tb2000 · 9 Mar 2006 at 23:07

Am I in the minority then of left handers who use a mouse in their left hand

? I can use the mouse (which is a Microsoft Wireless Optical) in either hand but 99% of the time I use my left hand.