[ale] for lefties only

[Jim Philips]

On Wednesday 06 October 2004 09:51 pm, aaron wrote:
> On Thursday 07 October 2004 01:19, Jim Philips wrote:
> > No, I'm not making a political rant. Some guy at kde-look.org has
> >  come up with
> > a hack to make all of your X cursors point from the left. It's a great
> > idea and something that ought to be configurable. So, if you're a lefty,
> > check out:
> >
> > http://kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=16782
>
> Actually, this is a pretty logical idea, one I have used for 15+ years  on
> another platform, a platform that shall remain nameless but whose initials
> are A.M.I.G.A..  :-)
>
> The prefs of those systems (since circa 1987) let users freely edit their
> cursor graphics, including the "hot point" pixel.  I quickly put the
> feature to use by making the mouse pointer arrow  face the same direction
> that english reads, so that the pointer graphics didn't obstruct the text
> of my menus or buttons
>
> It has nothing to do with whether you are right handed or left handed or
> ambidexterous or a cross-mouser like me (a right handed person who prefers
> running the GUI with the left hand). Having the cursor point to the left is
> simply more logical and practical when the interface language reads from
> the left.

I switched hands back in 1998 when I discovered I was getting arthritis in my 
right thumb. Since then, I've been using a Logitech Marble Mouse. It's the 
only mouse I know of that's left/right neutral.