by Mirko

As a designer, you probably spend a lot of hours hoding on a mouse. It is definitly one of the tools you’ll use the most, so better have a good mouse to be more productive and avoid some potential health problems.

What are the characteristics of a good mouse?

Comfortable

You will hold your mouse for hours, everyday, so it should be very comfortable, fit in your hand well and not give you cramps.

Accurate

If you want to be accurate in your work, and as a designer you need to, you better have the right tool for that. Go for a laser or optical mouse for best accuracy.

Responsive

Ever had your cursor lagging when moving your mouse?

Functional

Not everybody likes to have too many buttons on his mouse, but having two buttons or more and a scroll button is quite good if you want to use shortcuts from your mouse and be more productive.

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