May 3, 2010
A large part of our time on the computer is spent within the browser these days. And if the recent past is any indicator, this will continue to grow in the future as well with the likes of Chrome OS where all you get is a web browser to interact with your computer and the [...]
March 15, 2010
We have shown you a number of mouse gesture recognition apps for Windows in the past. I am an avid user of mouse gestures. I like to stay with the mouse or the keyboard for as long as I can without switching over to the other. As you would assume, I am a huge fan [...]
December 15, 2009
Shortcut keys are very useful if you handle touch-typing well and you don’t need to look at your keyboard to hit the right keys. That, however, may not be your strength. So in case you prefer to use the mouse for speed and precision, how about teaching your mouse some tricks? You can affiliate mouse [...]
September 27, 2009
I’ve always considered myself as a keyboard person who prefers to do as many computing tasks as possible using the keyboard and the shortcut keys. Using mouse gestures to do things that is easier to achieve with keyboard, is an alien concept to me. But that doesn’t mean that I will never embrace another potential [...]
August 15, 2009
Mouse gestures and keyboard shortcuts both provide a simple way to speed up your workflow. Power users would attest to the fact that switching between keyboard and mouse slows them down. When you know the important keyboard shortcuts for an application, say Photoshop, you won’t go to the toolbox each time to pick a tool, [...]
November 15, 2008
Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting….[drum roll]….some top tips and tools to customize and enhance your Windows experience! 1. Play with Shell Objects Shell Object Editor allows you to create, edit and delete shell objects. Shell Objects can point to special applications and folders. The My Documents folder that you see is a Shell Object that points [...]
November 1, 2008
I have used a few “gesture” programs before on various versions of Windows. They have always seemed clunky and well….not worth the trouble. But that changed today when I started using a free app called Gmote (that link has a pop-up so here is the direct download link). Gmote lets you define “gestures” that you [...]
September 10, 2008
I dig mouse gestures because I am usually using my own laptop. I have certain gestures mapped to do certain things but if I was using someone else’s machine I would not have access to those gestures. On my tablet I use a little app called StrokeIt but, like most Windows applications, it needs to [...]
