For roughly a year I have used a mmo style gaming mouse on my comp which is the Redragon m908, which has a more ergonomic shape. I bought it on a super sale and when starting to use it I fell in love till recently when I started a stint of playing Overwatch on the PC.
Things that stand out:
- My hands dimensions - 190mm(mid finger tip to bottom of palm) by 85mm (knuckle to knuckle)
- Width of mouse - the m908 is one of the widest mice on the market at 92mm at the base, where I would likely prefer to have 100mm (roughly where my pinky tip sits and taper in ward from there. Finding something larger than the m908 is not proving fruitful.
- Roll (6 degrees of freedom) - the roll of typical mice assume that the user has pronation in the forwarm that will allow comfortable mouse use at a 180 degree pronation. That is to say a flat palm/fingers to the surface. We see ergonomic flat designs that have contour for the palm, but the right/left and scroll wheel mouse in the vast majority sit flat where they would lend to more ergonomics with a slight tilt allowing the wrist/forearm to have a slight supinated angle rather than the 90degree in tall mice.
- Yaw (6 degrees of freedom) - the yaw of the vast majority of mice assumes a straight ahead profile so the length focuses straight down a centre profile of the mouse wheel and right/left buttons which can force a ulnar deviation of the user which could become tiresome over time during long play/use sessions. Addressing this by getting away from the assumption the scroll wheel should be the centre straight ahead profile and possible work to the users advantage by angling it slightly so that centre is not straight ahead but slightly turned to the left for right hand users and to the right for left hand users (talking majority rather than the exceptions) so that the ulnar deviation is neutralized for a good portion of users.
- MORE TO COME
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