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DESCRIPTION
LazyMouse is a Preference Pane that moves your cursor to the default button whenever a dialog box appears on your screen. In other words, it will save you time moving the mouse to dismiss dialogs.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.0.4:
  • LazyMouse no longer logs to the console unnecessarily.
  • Improved the behavior of the register reminder window.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.4 or later (works with Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard)


SCREENSHOT

Developer:Old Jewel Software
Downloads:13,160
  - Version d/l:914
Utilities:System
License:Shareware
Date:20 Mar 2008
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$9.95
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    LazyMouse User Reviews (49 posts)Write A Review
    Dec 4 2007
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    POIKKEUS  LazyMouse is a reincarnation of the great (and free) CursorZoom, which was discontinued after Tiger took over a major feature. It's the kind of feature that should be in the Mac OS to start off with: when use the command box, the mouse quickly appears so you don't have to look for it. Ideally, we should be using key shortcuts for this kind of thing, but having the cursor handy is surprisingly useful.

    Alas, CursorZoom was impressive in that the cursor "zoomed" all the way across the screen to the command box; LazyMouse is somewhat less dramatic or eye-catching. Perhaps some future version will remedy this. That said, the price is low, and for some, the convenience is well worth it.   (Version 2.0.3)

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    Sep 12 2007

    ZO219  There's something funny about the way this jerks the background processes around. Paid for it, way back, and it works ... but I tend not to use it. I'm no deveoper (can you tell?) but it doesn't play nice.  (Version 2.0.2)

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    Aug 4 2007
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    EASER  What surprises me is that people would think this requires a learning curve. Comments like that can dissuade potential new users from trying this. I found the features that LazyMouse provides to be immediately intuitive and obvious. This program is well worth the money.  (Version 2.0.1)

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    Aug 4 2007

    MACMAHATMA  Happy buyer here.

    It really saves some time when you come to deal with dialogue boxes.

    Sadly enough, Windows beats Mac OS on this, offering the feature for free, built into mouse preferences, and you do can opt on it. Switching to Mac some 5 years ago, I was really surprised that Mac OS didn't natively offer such an opportunity as I expected from the best operating system on earth.

    I wouldn't ever say that it has a steep learning curve, although you do need some time to get used to this behavior.

    A fairly more annoying "nerves issue" I experience was striking the wrong button compulsively when in a hurry. =)

    Actually, as I turned to be a keyboard shortcuts freak I must say that using esc, return, enter, spacebar, tab and cmd+D combinations on dialog boxes makes you even more efficient. But that's another story, and anyway I have to use the mouse when browsing the internet...

    The new "Return cursor to original location after a click" feature added in version 2 is much welcome, squashing the only annoyance one could have catching the grip of the cursor back after the choice.

    The gradient added in 2.0.1 makes a cute icon even nicer.

    Works for me.  (Version 2.0.1)

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