I use a touchpad. At my last 2 workplaces, I unplugged the mouse my employer provided, put it in a desk drawer, and plugged my auxillary touchpad into the USB port. (Desktop machines I used in previous workplaces didn't have USB ports, so I used a very slightly different touchpad.) It works just like the kind they have on laptops, with 2 buttons. Computer use aggravates my chronic pain badly enough that I really could not manage if I had to use a mouse or trackball. I'm aware that some people's hands are more comfortable with a mouse than a touchpad, but I have damage in some unusual places. It's most important for me to reduce strain on my thumbs, and it helps me to be able to share navigation work between my 4 most functional fingers.
I've sometimes worked with touchscreens at work, but not in *offices*. I used one in a lab, and several in manufacturing facilities. They needed an awful lot of cleaning, and frequent repair. But the main reason for the touchscreen was to keep dust out of electronics that had to function in very dusty places...I hope your computer, and your lungs, work in cleaner rooms.
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Date: 2009-08-28 07:53 am (UTC)I've sometimes worked with touchscreens at work, but not in *offices*. I used one in a lab, and several in manufacturing facilities. They needed an awful lot of cleaning, and frequent repair. But the main reason for the touchscreen was to keep dust out of electronics that had to function in very dusty places...I hope your computer, and your lungs, work in cleaner rooms.