How do you.

Use your Keyboard? Use your Mouse?

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Keyboard

Are you Keyboardcentric? Do you minimize the use of your mouse? Do you utilize the Ctrl and Alt keys to maximize your time at the computer?

What kind of Keyboard do you have?

Me - Sony VAIO Wireless

Mouse

Are you Mousecentric? Are you a drag and drop kind of person? Do you right click and utilize the plethora of options available to you within software programs. Or do you use the menus? Are you a standard two button kind of person? Scroll wheel?

Hey Mac users, that scroll wheel is a great addition in a Mac environment eh? So many people used to that standard single click mouse. ;)

What kind of Mouse do you have?

Me - Sony VAIO Wireless

Have to replace the batteries every 3-4 days! I keep multiple chargers full of AA batteries.

[smells so good]

Keyboard:
Microsoft Ergonomic 4000. It's still a bit new, and I find myself looking up and over to find some keys. I thought I knew how to type, ya right. I am keyboard centric, using Alt and Ctrl key combinations wherever and whenever possible.

Mouse:
Microsoft Basic Optical. I like the wheel a lot. The best part of this mouse is the wrist pad I keep just below the mouse. That thing is a lifesaver.

I cringe when my employees use the mouse to highlight, copy and paste. It's soooooo slow that way. I do use the mouse menu to Copy and Paste, whenever I'm eating pizza from my left paw.

[vincevincevince]

I avoid using the mouse if I can help it, things just tend to be slow that way. The wheel is useful for scrolling long documents but in the long term it causes significant joint pain.

I'd not complain if the mouse was phased out along with the floppy disk... productivity of all software would increase massively if programmers had to build their interfaces around keyboard access instead of basing them on mouse access with keyboard accessibility.

Take technical drawing for an example - most students who start using CAD packages try to do everything without using the instruction prompt. They get the end result but it takes an enormous amount of time. Once they learn how to type commands directly and precisely most never ever go back.

[tedster]

Keyboard - the native one in my Sony VAIO laptop. On the 17 inch model, the keyboard is full size and totally adequate, except that I sometimes miss a dedicated number pad on the right. Ctrl and Alt shortcuts seem manadatory for efficiency in apps like Photoshop, Homesite and MS Word.

Mouse - Logitech Wireless Trackball. I switch between a thumb marble and a fingertip marble every few months. I even travel with the trackball. No RSI of any kind ever with this regimen. And the programmable functions on the trackball are awesome for efficiency. Throw in Opera's awesome customizable feaures and my efficiency is quite satisfactory.

And right click is definitely my friend.