Alternative Pointing Devices

geezerpunk

I recently had to have a piece of tendon removed from my fore-arm and placed as the Flexer Tendon on my right hand. I am currently unable to use my mouse, and wont be using it for months.

Anyone have any other type of pointing devices that they can recommend?

gavinruneblade

There are some really cool ones, but they are pretty expensive.

Realistically I recommend a trackball with a larger than normal ball, you can use those with your wrist rather than hand or fingers. The hard part becomes using the mouse buttons. There is one called the "bigtrak " by info grip, costs $85, that has optional foot pads for the buttons.

The razor nostromo has a left hand joystick for the thumb that can be configured to be a mouse control, but precision sucked when I tried it.

Depending on your setup there are a few eye and head motion devices or even breath controlled mice too, but those run anywhere from several hundred to several thousand dollars.

I think the trackball is probably the better solution given the issue is temporary.