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Hey Mister you should see the optician and doctor and not play so much!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repetitive_strain_injury

Cheers for the advice mate, appriechiated.

I do exercise / wieght lift etc - although i am about 10% overweight but it fits my build.

I was tested for diabeties a number of years ago and lucky for me i was not diabetic.

I agree - the eyes, i could do somthing about it. However other applicaitons, allow me to increase the font size. The font within eve is very small and "i think" it causes strain regardless of how good your eye balls are.

Unfortunatly (like the majority of eve players) I work in an IT department. I use the PC for around 12/16 hours a day.

I use special writing tools but a mouse is manditory... the ones with the big balls are just pants.

try using a trackball?

Also, I used to have similar problems, and just had to fiddle around with how my desk was set up, and what mouse I was using.

There's always the option of winding down the screen resolution a bit, that should make things bigger.

Stop watching tiny porn.

Over 70% of stock deals in USA stock market are done by trading bots. And they are legal.

Why CCP hasn't created in game trade bot, wich everyone would have to 'teach' to trade like they want? It would be just like in real world.

If we are using trading bots now, in 2011, why they wouldn't using them in future where EVE is?

If you have problems with your eyes and need to get closer and closer to the screen
the best thing you can do, altough it sounds stupid actually ...

... blink (is that the right word?) more and look at stuff far away.

I've noticed two things killing the eyes of ppl ...
First is, that they blink less when staring at a screen, which dries out the eyes.
Second is, that they look at stuff that's close for hours and hours every day.

So ... apply a direct counter. Blink more and start going outside more, (no insult intended)
looking at stuff that's really far away ... preference: green. trees, etc.

Will definitly take quite some time ... but depends on your dedication.
If you can counter your "close looking" time by much more "far away looking" hours, you win.
(sorry for the bad english here ^^)

It works, i've tried. :)

I work in front of a computer a lot and I had problems with my wrist.

First I took a week off from work and the computer and purchased an orthopedic wrist band, and started using my left hand as my primary to give my right a break. During this week I purchased a vertical mouse that allows a more natural position for your wrist. After the week was over I started back on the computer slowly.

I also started taking regular breaks for my wrist and even made it a habit while I'm in front of the PC to re-position my wrist to a natural position while I'm not moving the mouse. That position being up right like if you were holding a coffee cup or joy stick.

Now I have zero pain.

As far as your eyes, they are like any other part of your body they will need rest as well. Take time to just close your eyes and relax.

EDIT: I use the vertical mouse at work where I spend more time in front of the computer. At home I use an ergonomic mouse. Don't forget it will take a day or 2 to get completely used to the vertical mouse.

Believe it or now but I laptop may be the way to go.

When updating orders in bulk I use my right hand to move the mouse, but my left had on the keyboard pressing the "mouse" buttons on the on-board option. Kind of distributing the amount of workload each hand has to perform.

It may not seem like much, but not having to press the mouse buttons on the same hand you move your mouse on really does reduce the strain. It also helps if you don't switch from keyboard to mouse. Updating orders doesn't require you to enter much if you setup your market screen to have quick link to your items.

If you're 0.01 ISKing your orders use the mouse wheel to adjust the price and "OK" click everything with your left handed mouse button on keyboard. This also reduces the incorrect order amount unless you scroll like a madman, and not pressing enter/moving your mouse over the "OK" button to confirm the order breaks up the chain enough you'll catch any incorrect prices.

It worked well for me, and I found it faster to update orders, reduced about 10-15 minutes off my order updates when I had about 250 items up for sale. The idea was reducing the amount of hand travel. My right hand never left the mouse, my left never left the keyboard and hardy ever moved.

TAB Key is important to tab out of enter boxes, I probably have a super off-hand pinky finger because that's my TAB finger

It would be nice if CCP would highlight our own orders in the market window, so we know which are ours. And it would be nice if we could also update our own highlighted orders from the market window too.