Hi Guys. Here's a quick update/hint on my posted question: IT'S ABOUT USING A STYLUS ON A TOUCHSCREEN. It's *not* about using scissors, driving a car, dealing with spiral notebooks, using a fork, USING A MOUSE, using a PC, or learning to be ambidexterous for enhanced sexual gratification. (Which, BTW, I can do all of those things with either hand).
Rather, it's about the practicality and good user interface needed for a left handed person trying to use a stylus on a touch screen tablet (NO KEYBOARD OR MOUSE available), to move scroll bars on the right hand side. If I do this, it blocks the text in the window and isn't easy to use.
For those who say "deal" or "use the other hand", please first go out and learn to write legibly inside the small squares on standard quad paper with your non-dominant hand before you actually suggest it.
I have been trying to "deal" for a year, and have never before been unable to adapt to using my right hand for a specific task. For whatever crazy reason, I had (erronously) believed that a savvy bunch like/.-ers would actually have a neat bit of software or setting change to suggest. Apparently when faced with the prospect of having to admit that "I don't know" is the most accurate answer, the majority of you revert to calling me a whiner, offer unrealistic suggestions like cutting off my hand, or revert to plain old sarcasm. These are generally not helpful. The upshot is, most of your "suggestions" are good for a laugh (and keep you from admitting there's a question you can't answer).:P For the folks who actually responded in honesty or offered software/setting suggestions -- THANK YOU! For everyone else, *lol*.
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Hi Guys. Here's a quick update/hint on my posted question: IT'S ABOUT USING A STYLUS ON A TOUCHSCREEN. It's *not* about using scissors, driving a car, dealing with spiral notebooks, using a fork, USING A MOUSE, using a PC, or learning to be ambidexterous for enhanced sexual gratification. (Which, BTW, I can do all of those things with either hand). Rather, it's about the practicality and good user interface needed for a left handed person trying to use a stylus on a touch screen tablet (NO KEYBOARD OR MOUSE available), to move scroll bars on the right hand side. If I do this, it blocks the text in the window and isn't easy to use. For those who say "deal" or "use the other hand", please first go out and learn to write legibly inside the small squares on standard quad paper with your non-dominant hand before you actually suggest it. I have been trying to "deal" for a year, and have never before been unable to adapt to using my right hand for a specific task. For whatever crazy reason, I had (erronously) believed that a savvy bunch like /.-ers would actually have a neat bit of software or setting change to suggest. Apparently when faced with the prospect of having to admit that "I don't know" is the most accurate answer, the majority of you revert to calling me a whiner, offer unrealistic suggestions like cutting off my hand, or revert to plain old sarcasm. These are generally not helpful. The upshot is, most of your "suggestions" are good for a laugh (and keep you from admitting there's a question you can't answer). :P For the folks who actually responded in honesty or offered software/setting suggestions -- THANK YOU! For everyone else, *lol*.