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Access Contextual Menus by just holding down the mouse button. Shareware ($12.95)

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Annoyed at the Control Key? "Look Mom, No Hands!" lets you open contextual menus by just holding the mouse button, keeping your other hand free for the coffee cup.

With this small application (it's a prefpane), you no longer have to press Ctrl to open the contextual menus. Click on an item on the desktop and keep holding down the mouse button. After some time, the standard contextual menus will pop up, including any Contextual Menu Manager plug-ins you have installed.

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Version 2.0b4: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.

Requirements
PPC, Mac OS X 10.3.4 or later.

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Boni tipped on 11 Nov 2006

great for use with apple laptops! especially for left handed users struggling with only one ctrl key on the left.

[Version 2.0b4]

+27

vitaly commented on 18 May 2006

fruitmenu from unsanity does the same thing and a million more and it is only $10

[Version 2.0b4]

Knyon commented on 02 Jan 2006

Jumping to the conclusion that this program is a 'waste' because one could buy a cheap multi-button mouse for the same price is narrow minded. There are many people who enjoy using one-button mice and have no easy way of accessing contextual menus.

It is true that Old Jewel Software's One Finger Snap (http://macupdate.com/info.php/id/18941) does the same thing for a lower price, but I've never known competition to maim anyone. I suggest to the author of Look Mom, No Hands to add more features (audio feedback maybe?) and possibly a more competitive price.

For what Look Mom, No Hands does, it does pretty well. And I totally dig the name. :)

[Version 2.0b3]

Anonymous reviewed on 29 Nov 2005

Try One Finger Snap:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/18941

It costs $ 6,85 and works in EVERY program.

[Version 2.0b2]

Anonymous reviewed on 09 Sep 2005

Good way to get RSI... Buy a 3 button mouse instead, you get an extra button and a scrollwheel too. Cheapest and the best is the Hama 3 button mouse (with the glowing blue scrollwheel).

[Version 2.0b2]

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Boni commented on 11 Nov 2006

great for use with apple laptops! especially for left handed users struggling with only one ctrl key on the left.

+13

apikoros reviewed on 08 Sep 2005

I'm pleased to say that the author immediately remedied all the flaws I cited in my previous review, and that the software now functions excellently. I await revisions that will implement it in Mail, TextEdit, etc.

(I am less pleased by comments such as those by "Anonymous" below, because they raise once again the tiresome old issue of one-button vs. multi-button mice, but especially because they are written in an insultingly waspish tone. Such behavior is to be expected, I suppose, from someone of limited literacy who doesn't know when to capitalize proper nouns or how to spell "wasted.")

[Version 2.0b2]

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Anonymous commented on 10 Sep 2005

Whoops : "wasting."

Anonymous reviewed on 07 Sep 2005

Why not put the money towards a 3 button mouse?

I have used logitech and miscrosoft mice "Seamlessly" for years without this waste of system resources and I can still hold my coffee in one hand while accessing the contextual menus (What else is the right button for?)

This is a pointless exercise in waisting money!!

[Version 2.0b2]

+13

apikoros commented on 07 Sep 2005

By the way, 2 stars is generous. And yes, the problems went away as soon as I turned off the pref pane. They returned as soon as I re-activated it, so it's now off permanently unless the author can fix it.

[Version 2.0]

+13

apikoros reviewed on 07 Sep 2005

I paid for this... and I regret it. In OS 10.4.2 on a 20" rev. B G5 iMac, it causes these problems:

- After about 5 minutes, the screen goes black, then on again, then off and on, and off and on-- every half second, as if it were trying to sleep, but being immediately awakened by some running process.

- Apps launch behind the active window, instead of in front.

- The Dashboard "hot corner" no longer functions.

The author says, "It works great in the Finder and in Safari... Also in iPhoto. ... But you're right that it doesn't work /everywhere/; that would be great and I hope to get other apps working as seamlessly as in these two apps."

"Seamlessly" is not the best choice of words.

[Version 2.0]

Anonymous reviewed on 29 Aug 2005

$13?! Buy a two-button mouse instead.

[Version 2.0]

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Anonymous commented on 29 Aug 2005

Indeed.

I bought a macally ICE Mini mouse maybe two months ago for my new PB, two buttons and a scrollwheel... $15.

This software needs to be priced significantly lower, maybe $6 or less.

Anonymous commented on 29 Aug 2005

That posting came later than I had expected :)

See... it's not meant as a replacement. Even if you have a Mighty Mouse - like I do - clicking-and-holding is just very convenient. It feels good; it's addictive. If you use Safari, click, hold and open pages in a new window. Also on PowerBooks it's really, really handy. Of course, YMMV.

Andreas

Anonymous commented on 29 Aug 2005

Oh, and that $15 for the mouse? That was the retail price (it was actually $14 and some odd cents including sales tax) from a brick and mortar store: MicroCenter

Anonymous commented on 29 Aug 2005

Well, that is exactly what I do with my ICE Mini, I 'right-click' and hold for the contextual menus... and it just works, no matter what app I happen to be using at the time.