Two friends must use a mouse turned 180. Is there software to compensate?

[martin]

Two friends (same family) both must hold a computer mouse ‘backwards’ to use it; they give it a 180 degree spin on the desk - so the ‘tail’ of the mouse trails out the top, following the fingers out. Seems odd, but there it is.
Several problems ensue: using a laptop’s touchpad is crazy-making for them (as crazy as it feels for me using a mouse spun 180 degrees); a right-click is no longer available on their mouse since after turning the mouse around their fingers are touching what is the lower portion of the mouse; newer gestures and advanced features of some input hardware is inaccessible to them.
I’m looking for software / hardware (Logitech? Microsoft?) that would allow her to have the mouse UI spun 180 degrees, or a fix for a trackpad that would effect the same result.
Any ideas?

[space-time]

is there a medical condition that causes this?

[modelamac]

Is the problem unique to the people? Others have no problem with those mice/laptops? If so, using a second mouse or equivalent for clicking only should work. Just tape it in position so only one mouse moves the cursor. Navigating becomes a two-handed thing, but that recovers the functions missing.

[NewtonMP2100]

so the mouse is 180 years old......?????

[davester]

Is this something to do with the cord? If so, get a cordless mouse. I'm struggling to understand this request...more details are needed.

[mikebw]

Turn the monitor around and upsidedown, then put a mirror on the other side so they can see the reflection.

[martin]

That's it! Love the solution. I'll let her know the trials and travails are over. Tee hee.

mikebw wrote:
Turn the monitor around and upsidedown, then put a mirror on the other side so they can see the reflection.

[martin]

Not about the cord, but about their 3-D interaction with a mouse/trackpad. The girls have their brains' use-a-mouse circuit in some sort of stereo isomer, flipped from how most people use a mouse or trackpad.
Yeah, maybe I did not explain it so well at 4:30 a.m.

[GGD]

martin wrote:
the ‘tail’ of the mouse trails out the top, following the fingers out. Seems odd, but there it is.

That sounds like normal mouse usage.

[C(-)ris]

You need a setting to invert the X and Y axis on the mouse, much like you can do in FPS video games.