Re: Too much time on their hands!

On 3/21/2025 2:28 PM, Liz Tuddenham wrote:

Suppliers profits depend on users selecting their products.

That is a necessary condition, but not sufficient, by itself.
The supplier has to have sufficient margin baked into the price
to support "profits".

Most people
select on what looks nice - by the time they discover it gives them
repetitive strain injury it is too late to change it and the supplier
has pocket the profit.

That depends on the market.  E.g., business users typically have no say in
the products that they are *given* to use.  And, chances are, the monkey
who *selected* the product wasn't really qualified to make the selection
(in any way other than price, etc.)
Some markets, word of mouth and perceived prestige drive the user's
choice.  I have numerous friends who *own* 6+ figure vehicles; but,
few actually *drive* them.  Instead, they have a "regular car" for
that role.  I.e., the choice for the costly car was made based on
how they wanted to be perceived (by others who similarly wast^H^H^Hspend).

  ...So they chuck it away and buy a different
model of the same make because it looks nice  ...and so on.

I find almost all mice too narrow for my hands.  So, they are ALL "bad".
In that case, I want to pick something that I can tolerate and that
I can acquire in large numbers (so every machine can have the same mouse,
keyboard, display, etc.)
For specialty applications, I avoid the mouse entirely.  E.g., I
use a MIDI keyboard to enter musical scores; a digitizing tablet
for CAD; motion controller for 3D work; etc.  In each of these
cases, one *could* use a mouse -- if you weren't concerned with
productivity and intuitive use.