[jowiar]

Are you clicking with the pointing finger? Every time I see someone do that (which is common), it looks incredibly awkward — especially a click and drag.

Fingers for pointing and gestures, thumb for clicking. Use arm or fingers rather than wrist. I usually point with my middle finger, occasionally index, scroll with my middle and ring fingers.

[VRay]

ah, yeah, I think I'm just using it generally completely un-ergonomically

I can somehow get away with it on my mouse since I'm resting my arm and not curling my fingers or moving my wrist much, but the trackpad pushes things too far

I'm not sure how people can handle holding up their arms all day to do things properly ergonomically though

Hey, BTW, I don't know much about how things work on HackerNews, but this completely innocuous comment you made showed as "dead" with a "vouch" button. I clicked the "vouch" button and then your comment lit up.. I think your account is in some sort of punishment state