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no, it is not, however.. if it does occur, well..
then suddenly..there are two programmers!
I have been using the mouse left since 1998 and think
i am still sane.. no RSI either maybe because i have
switched to left just in time..
However i do not accept any responsability for any physical
or psychological damage that might occur from changing
mouse handling from the right to the left hand and/or vice versa.
TedvG
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Too bad my mouse is a "right-hand" only mouse: it's molded to fit a right hand, not a left (especially with all the thumb buttons it has).
But still, a very good idea!
We're figuring out the parent thing as we go though. Kinda like setting up Linux for the first time ya' know...
[Nitron]
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Logitech MX700.... total wireless freedom! (except for the whole "need to charge the batteries every so often" thing)
new erica pics! w00t!
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on second thought, it makes using shortcut keys for ctrl-c,crtl-v, etc very irritating.
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I use the mouse on the left at work and on the right at home.
The main reason I switch is because I've seen too many co-workers with carpal tunnel syndrome. Switching helps to avoid overworking one side.
The drawback to mouse-on-the-left is that CTRL-X, CTRL-C, and CTRL-V (cut, copy, and paste keys) are hard to use.
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Use SHIFT-Del, CTRL-Insert, SHIFT-Insert instead then.
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I think i am using too much plugin these day,
but I like visual assist since i type so slow...
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I'd originally placed by speed at 30-40 wpm, but having done that test, I was suprised to find that all these years programming hasn't slowed down my typing speed that much.
I Dream of Absolute Zero
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// Steve McLenithan
Cluelessnes: There are no stupid questions, but there are a lot of inquisitive idiots.
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yeah the skill is very essential, may be your are slow typer or fast but the skill is very important..
I have seen ppl with lot of experience in development still hunt and peck the keyboard... they look so silly while doing so.
I feel not the typing speed is important but the skill.
MSN Messenger.
prakashnadar@msn.com
"If history isn't good, just burn it." - Sidhuism.
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I feel not the typing speed is important but the skill.
Depends on what you define as "skill"
I'm not _that_ slow (50 wpm) with my 7 finger system
Dominik
_outp(0x64, 0xAD);
and
__asm mov al, 0xAD __asm out 0x64, al
do the same... but what do they do??
(doesn't work on NT)
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Dominik Reichl wrote:
what you define as "skill"
not hunt and peck, not even fast hunt n peck.
MSN Messenger.
prakashnadar@msn.com
"If history isn't good, just burn it." - Sidhuism.
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Personally, I can't type at all. I'm a horrible Typist.
But you know what? My software works. Does yours?
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Heywood wrote:
Personally, I can't type at all. I'm a horrible Typist.
no problem, no one is perfect.
Heywood wrote:
But you know what? My software works. Does yours?
I never questioned that anybodys software would not work just because he/she didnt know typing..
But believe me non-typist really look stupid when writing program with 2 fingers.
MSN Messenger.
prakashnadar@msn.com
"If history isn't good, just burn it." - Sidhuism.
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I don't think that typing speed or skill matters in coding. You pause anyway to review the code, think, copy/paste, etc.
I use copy/paste very much when coding. I suppose it would matter for other jobs (e.g. secretary) but not in this kind.
...Plug & Pray...
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...that on my 1.5yo keyboard, the text on 2 keys is worn away completely, and 9 others are seriously faded. I don't know if it's how much I type or if it's due to poor adherence.
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I'm a Vb.net programmer, and the keys that are most worn for me are the ones that spell out: Dim i As Integer, and System.Windows.Forms
Aaron Eldreth
TheCollective4.com
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I understand it is a joke, but if it was for real, I would recommand the use of abbreviations.
For example, in SciTE you could define dimi<ctrl+b> and get "Dim i As Integer", etc.
Even Visual Studio can do this with a bit of VBA.
And as I was answering to another entry, I found that ArsClip (and problably a lot of other freewares) can do that too.
Typing fast is good, typing less is excellent
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A lot more important than how fast you can type, is do you use the mouse to cut & paste a line of code five lines up.
I once saw a programmer do that.
Are you one of those people that starts the debugger using the mouse to click on "Debug/Start" ???
Confess!
Marc
Microsoft MVP, Visual C#
MyXaml
MyXaml Blog
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Marc Clifton wrote:
Are you one of those people that starts the debugger using the mouse to click on "Debug/Start" ???
Debug/what? Do you mean there is a way to start the debugger with a mouse?
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Marc Clifton wrote:
A lot more important than how fast you can type, is do you use the mouse to cut & paste a line of code five lines up.
I use ctrl-c and ctrl-v for copy and paste, but I might use the mouse for movind gome lines up or down. Depends on my moode I guess
Marc Clifton wrote:
Are you one of those people that starts the debugger using the mouse to click on "Debug/Start" ???
Err, no, my F5 key is always blank from use
- Anders
Money talks, but all mine ever says is "Goodbye!"
ShotKeeper, my Photo Album / Organizer Application[^]My Photos[^]
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Anders Molin wrote:
I use ctrl-c and ctrl-v for copy and paste, but I might use the mouse for movind gome lines up or down.
D&D rocks, esp. when you don't want to mess up the clipboard buffer.
BTW, i still use CTRL+INS, SHIFT+INS, and SHIFT+DEL as well as CTRL+C, CTRL+V, CTRL+X...
The bees will find their honey;
The sweetest every time...
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I've gotten used to clicking on the toolbar buttons while debugging. For some reason I feel more in control and I can never remember the shortcuts for Step-Over vs. Step-Into or Step-Out.
For editing code I use the keyboard almost exclusively. Ctrl+S is my best friend!
Regards,
Alvaro
Give a man a fish, he owes you one fish. Teach a man to fish, you give up your monopoly on fisheries.
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>> is do you use the mouse to cut & paste a line of code five lines up.
yes, mouse to select text, right click > Copy, mouse to move insertion point to where you want to paste it, right click > Paste
Its not too hard
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