Does anyone here have mad VI(M) skills, and can do all the navigating with the keyboard alone? Is it rad?
Yeah...I spend a lot of my time in neovim or vi (on some systems where I don't have root). I'm pretty sure I started v1 of my vimrc in like 2004. But, that was before I learned version control, so I'm not exactly sure.
I also use vimium in my browser.
Days when I don't have to use my mouse are kind of better in some ways, but they're also worse because they mean I didn't do anything with music software that day.
I also work in IT
I originally used a Kensington Orbit Trackball Mouse with Scroll Ring K72337US but when I started a new job about 4 years ago they wouldn't allow you to bring in any of your own devices, so they gave me a Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball Mouse. I replaced all my Kensington Orbit Trackball's with the Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball Mouse and haven't had any finger/thumb, hand or wrist pain since. The main issue I have with the Logitech M570 Wireless Trackball Mouse is that the left mouse button goes bad in less than a year and the price of them keeps going up. The current one I'm using for work will probably break soon, so I'll have to try some of the other suggestions like the Logitech ERGO M575 Wireless Trackball Mouse or MX Ergo Wireless Trackball Mouse.
I have both of those as well as a couple others. It's because I hate mice and can't find anything that works for me long term.
I don't like the orbit much. It feels cheap, and I can't get middle-button emulation to work right with it. I'm forcing myself to use it right now because my thumb started hurting again, but...man, I kinda hate it.
I don't like the m570 at all. I have one; I really should just give it away or something. But, it's a glitchy mess. The wireless just doesn't work right. No wireless mouse has ever worked right for me. The only good thing that I can say about it is that I really like the ball they come with. I use it on other trackballs that come with red ones (as long as they still work) because blue is just the superior color.
I do have an older wired logitech that looks a lot like the m570, but the shape is better. And it's wired, which is better. It's grey and came with a red ball.
I think my favorite right now is an elecom ex-g. It's just enough more comfortable than the logitechs that it takes longer to bug me.
I think I might have a wired trackpad too....but we won't talk about that. If I do still have it, it's just because I haven't gotten around to recycling or donating it yet.
I'm actually thinking about getting another gaming mouse just for something different. I have some issues with my shoulder, so it's probably a bad idea. But, my thumb has been bugging me more lately. And the MX Ergo I have is....well, it's wireless, so it's crap. But it's also just not at all comfortable. I'm thinking 502 Hero or one of the RATs. I have fond memories of a RAT from like 10 years ago. I wish I knew where it went. I probably donated it in a fit of anger when my shoulder was bothering me more than my thumb one day.
BTW....if anybody knows of a TrackPoint (the little red thing in the middle of thinkpads) style "mouse" that's USB (I'd even consider wireless) that I can buy, I'll pay you at finder's fee. I know I've seen them, but that might have been in the bearanstein bears universe or something. They're the only pointing device I've ever used that I haven't hated. But, unfortunately, at this point, I hate normal keyboards even more than I hate mice...so the couple integrated ones I've seen just don't seem worth it.