The right RIGHT mouse button

Hi to all,
I've been using mac for ages now , and started like us all with the single button mouse.
For years I kept wondering how could be that PC workers had such a hi rate of wrist suffering due to mouse usage.
Then I happened to buy a 2 button mouse for my mac and !!!SURPRISE as soon as I started using it I noticed how antomically wrong it was , to stretch my finger to use it on the left button, and immediatly inverted the buttons in the control panel.
All of a sudden no more stress and no more unnatural feeling while using my mouse.
It is not a personat matter, the relaxed position of everybody hand is not with 2 fingers streched apart , so, the right finger to use on the primary button is naturally to rest on the RIGHT button.
My question: WHY ALL THE WORLD USES THE WRONG BUTTON, with so many people having problems with their wrist ?
bye

Well, if it works for you then great. I'm not sure what you're trying to put forth though. There are plenty of anatomical mice out there, and as such users have many options to choose which ones fit their hands best. I've always felt comfortable with a two-button mouse on which I rest by index and middle fingers, and use them for left and right clicking, respectively.
I think people have problems with their wrists because of bad habits more than anything else. While ergonomics can help train users to overcome these bad habits, its laziness that gets folks into trouble. For instance, resting wrists on tables is comfortable for the arms, but strains the wrists and can help exacerbate carpel tunnel syndrome.

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