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Switching from a mouse to a tablet?

post #1 of 11
5/21/06 at 10:36pm
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Has anybody here done that?

I'm starting to feel a bit of pain when using the mouse for too long and I'm wondering if switching to a tablet would help.

I'm not talking about a TabletPC, but just a plain ol' tablet like: http://www.wacom.com/productinfo/intuos.cfm

Any practical experience with tablets would be great.
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post #2 of 11
5/21/06 at 11:09pm
ive got a large Adesso tablet: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...Fencoding=UTF8

i dont really have space for it so i dont hook it up much, but its really nice. makes it really easy to do precision work. theyre actually really easy to use, much more so than a mouse IMO
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post #3 of 11
5/22/06 at 5:17pm
and you might want to get that little bit of pain checked out soon and learn some techniques you can use to stop it from happening.
This is coming from someone that was diagnosed with CTS a few weeks ago and it hurts..
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post #4 of 11
5/22/06 at 9:12pm
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Originally Posted by dman22
and you might want to get that little bit of pain checked out soon and learn some techniques you can use to stop it from happening.
This is coming from someone that was diagnosed with CTS a few weeks ago and it hurts..
Thanks, I'm definitely going to get it checked out. Thank goodness for the company medical plan.
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post #5 of 11
5/22/06 at 9:25pm
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Originally Posted by The Anaconda
ive got a large Adesso tablet: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...Fencoding=UTF8 i dont really have space for it so i dont hook it up much, but its really nice. makes it really easy to do precision work. theyre actually really easy to use, much more so than a mouse IMO
Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, it takes batteries for both the pen and mice. I'm not sure if I'll be happy with that, since I'll be using it as a complete mouse replacement (well, short of CounterStrike).
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post #6 of 11
5/23/06 at 11:24am
We've been using some small Wacom Volitos at work recently, they don't need batteries as they draw everything from the usb port plus they're quite portable depending on the size.

Although I don't use one myself, there's quite a few artists at work that use an A5 or A6 tablet constantly for both Windows and Photoshop work without a mouse at all.

John
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post #7 of 11
5/23/06 at 5:16pm
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Originally Posted by Johnmcl7
We've been using some small Wacom Volitos at work recently, they don't need batteries as they draw everything from the usb port plus they're quite portable depending on the size.

Although I don't use one myself, there's quite a few artists at work that use an A5 or A6 tablet constantly for both Windows and Photoshop work without a mouse at all.

John
Wicked mate, thanks. I just wish there was one I could borrow for a day or two to see how it'd work at home. Or I could just take the plunge.
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post #8 of 11
5/23/06 at 6:40pm
I got one when I purchased my Sager a few years ago. There were a few issues that I had.

The larger the tablet the larger the space needed on your desktop. I found I still needed the Keyboard for Alt/Contol click macros and it was jsut a bit uncomfortable jumpping arround with the non-pen hand. If they really should make (mabe have made) a tablet with the Alt/Control buttons on it so your not bouncing arround so much.

I probably did not give it enough time so I could get use to it. I might have to pull it out and try again.
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post #9 of 11
5/23/06 at 6:43pm
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Originally Posted by Mschooling
I got one when I purchased my Sager a few years ago. There were a few issues that I had.

The larger the tablet the larger the space needed on your desktop. I found I still needed the Keyboard for Alt/Contol click macros and it was jsut a bit uncomfortable jumpping arround with the non-pen hand. If they really should make (mabe have made) a tablet with the Alt/Control buttons on it so your not bouncing arround so much.

I probably did not give it enough time so I could get use to it. I might have to pull it out and try again.
Hmmm - the Intuos3 has buttons on the tablet that default to mapping to Shift, Alt, Ctrl and Space. Do you have a previous version?
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post #10 of 11
5/31/06 at 6:07pm
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Originally Posted by Revenent
Hmmm - the Intuos3 has buttons on the tablet that default to mapping to Shift, Alt, Ctrl and Space.

Do you have a previous version?


I have an the first generation of that tablet. They came out with the second generation a bout 2 months later. Good to hear that they added those buttons. I only hope that it is on a detachable pannel that can be moved to whatever side you want it on so your not screwing over lefties or peoplwho are working in portrat mode and not landscape... mabe I should get a job with them as a tablet designer.
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post #11 of 11
5/31/06 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by Mschooling
I have an the first generation of that tablet. They came out with the second generation a bout 2 months later. Good to hear that they added those buttons. I only hope that it is on a detachable pannel that can be moved to whatever side you want it on so your not screwing over lefties or peoplwho are working in portrat mode and not landscape... mabe I should get a job with them as a tablet designer.
Well, portrait mode is still screwed, but lefties can rejoice - for all sizes except the smallest, the buttons and scroll strip are on both sides, mirrored.

If you get that job, tell 'em to shrink the dang borders down. 6 x 11 blows up to 16.5 x 10.3! That's massive border bloat!
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