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I'm wondering if that crank would work for a leftie?

I'm left handed. But when I use a mouse, I noticed after decades that I'd always been controlling them with my right hand. Attempting to switch now feels as awkward as trying to write with my right hand.

So I guess the answer is, it's whatever you're used to. Using my right hand for mouse-related tasks was not something I decided on consciously, or due to convenience, since early models (I'm talking C=64 era) did not have the handed designs of today's mice.

It took you decades to realize you use your mouse with your right hand ;)?

Kidding aside, I am a leftie and feel same way. I guess that is where the mousepad was when I learned.

If it was a problem, wouldn't game controllers in general be a problem? There's always the assumption that left things (buttons, joysticks, etc.) are for movement and right things are for actions. Would it be better for a leftie if there were mirrored versions of game controllers?

You can get used to a game controller, or well, most of us do eventually. At anyrate, you can find left handed game controllers on the market.

But that is a crank, it requires a bit more dexterity, like holding a pen.

That crank better be detachable in a slick way that keeps it from inadvertently popping out constantly or it's going to annoy the hell out of anyone who isn't a hardcore fan of the crank-based game genre. IRL it's probably not detachable and it's going to jangle around and annoy while gradually self-desructing in a way that leaves it useless yet permanently attached/annoying.

It folds into the side. That's why there's a hole.

My ps4 allows me to remap keys and it’s a blessing.

It also doesn't seem obvious that using one's less dominant hand for movement is optimal. Kind of like playing guitar. As a righty who go my start trying to learn solos, I always felt like the left hand had the harder job.

About the same as Apple Watch for lefties right? (source: am leftie)

You mean this?

https://www.imore.com/how-set-apple-watch-left-handed-use

Sounds like Apple did the right thing in that case, but I'm not sure how one could move the crank over to the opposite side. Maybe by turning it upside down and having the controller buttons at the top?

Maybe they have a version just for you ;)

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