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 [...]
December 12, 2009
Program launchers have made the Start menu obsolete for me and I am sure for plenty of people out there. So much so that it feels tiring and cumbersome to go around looking for what you want to launch in the Start menu. There are plenty of program launcher applications available and we have reviewed [...]
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, [...]
December 3, 2008
I had a unusual request today from our editorial department. They were having a meeting and needed to allow “Collaborative Input” their words not mine. So after poking around and pulling some teeth I found out what they really needed. They wanted to be able to use two or more keyboards and mice on one [...]
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 25, 2008
If you’ve been reading my articles for quite some time, you’ll know that I am quite keen on keyboard shortcuts. But the one thing that has eluded me until now was being able to abandon the mouse altogether and use the keyboard to “click” on webpage links. Well now you can, thanks to a Firefox [...]
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 [...]
August 19, 2008
If you are one who strives for greater productivity on computers you probably know that having to switch between the keyboard and the mouse in the middle of your work is so painful. While keyboard buffs can use shortcuts to remain at the keyboard, what if you mostly interact with the mouse? Or what if [...]
June 1, 2008
Anyone who is spending a considerable amount of time on the web will probably agree that mastering keyboard shortcuts can make a person a lot more productive. The same can be said about the mouse. The more you master it the better it gets. So here are some cool tools and tips to add to [...]
