 | Oct 5 2009 |
DJEFIS The sound . . ., it was what I was waiting for!! | |
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 | Jul 9 2009 |
SGGINC One of my must have utilities. Once you use it you need it. Saves a lot of needless scrolling. | |
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| May 20 2009 |
ZX Super responsive developer...i Love this app.
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| May 13 2009 |
ZX LazyMouse doesn't work when trying to Empty the trash while the items in the trash are in use (2nd dialog box)....
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 | Apr 23 2009 |
MTCOBRA In the users guide (available at the developers site) you are informed that using Terminal, you can instruct LazyMouse to disregard, or not apply to certain applications. I found that information very useful when I discovered recently that while LazyMouse was active, my iTunes songs sounded like the needle on the tone arm (remember those, anyone?) was 'hopping.' Not so subtle 'clicks and pops' interfering with the music. I disabled LazyMouse totally, and the problem cleared up. Then I re-enabled the program, but entered the command to ignore iTunes, and I'm once again, a happy camper! LazyMouse where I want it, but NOT in iTunes. YMMV
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| May 4 2009 |
KOBALT MTCOBRA, you don't actually have to go into the DOS-like Terminal to exclude certain apps from being 'lazy-moused'. This is a Mac app and it has is a handy little 'Exclude...' button right there in the control panel for all of us who want to use a Mac as a Mac. :)
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| Apr 16 2009 |
KOBALT I'd not noticed any bugs in the 2.1.2 release, but am glad they got fixed so quick - just in case. Thanks, Joe.
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| Apr 10 2009 |
KOBALT Forgot to add my stars in my previous post, so here they are for v2.1.2 and the whole app in general. Excellent update to a great little program I wouldn't be without.
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| Apr 10 2009 |
SGGINC If you are a mouse user and want to do a lot less scrolling this is for you. Works flawlessly on 10.5.6. Try it ... you'll love it. Thanks ... Ken
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| Apr 2 2009 |
KOBALT I don't get me wrong, I love LazyMouse, but it looks like it's got a bit lazy of late. More often than not this v2.1 doesn't seem to actually do anything and so I've gone back to v2.0.4 which works fine and jumps to all the right places at the right moment.
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 | Apr 2 2009 |
I'm sorry for this bug. I've just posted version 2.1.1 which should fix the problem.
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| Apr 3 2009 |
KOBALT Cheers, dev! I'm going to try it again. :)
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| Apr 3 2009 |
KOBALT Happy to report all's good again in LazyMouse world. I am already feeling myself getting lazier by he minute now that the curser jumps to the right spot once again. :)
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| Mar 29 2009 |
PENGUIRL For the life of me, I can't understand paying $10 to do what the Return key does for free, and faster.
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| Mar 30 2009 |
SERGESOUSZERO It's only faster if your hands are already on the keyboard, if you know what I mean.
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| Apr 15 2009 |
EASER For me, every program that contributes to reducing my carpal tunnel problems is a blessing. Lazy Mouse is one of those. Over time, all of those extra movements (such as hitting the return key) really do add up.
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| Dec 4 2007 |
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.
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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.
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| Sep 28 2007 |
How do you mean "jerks the background processes around"?
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| Nov 4 2007 |
EASER I have to agree with the developer. I've used LazyMouse for years and never had any bizarre behavior, much less seing background processes act weird. This program has always been solid.
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| Nov 4 2007 |
ZO219 Sorry, that wasn't very clear or helpful. I don't know why a given process rises and falls constantly, in CPU usage ... but this one does, and it seems to slow things down. Hard to explain with no tech talk.
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| Nov 4 2007 |
OLD JEWEL SOFTWARE Generally speaking, LazyMouse has to update its information whenever you switch apps or whenever a new window appears so that it can know if it needs to snap the cursor. Version 2.0.2 was a bit more zealous about constantly polling the state of the current application. That's one of the changes in version 2.0.3. When it's doing work, its CPU usage will rise, but when it's not working (when there are no user interface events that it has to worry about), it should use very little CPU.
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| Aug 4 2007 |
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.
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| Aug 4 2007 |
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.
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| Aug 4 2007 |
SOUNDMAN Just wanted to say that, indeed, version 2 did generate copious amounts of crash reporting. I was not surprised when I saw v. 2.01 today. Glad to see developer on top of it.
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| Aug 2 2007 |
JEFF LERCH Personally, I'm surprised that this is getting such great reviews (not due to any fault of the developer). This is one of the features currently in Vista and it drives me absolutely crazy. I definitely get the notion that this and other features like it are supposed to create greater efficiency by decreasing mouse time, but no matter how many times it happens or how hard I try to make myself consciously aware of the feature I still find myself staring around confused every time my box makes a b-line to another dialog. 1. People don't expect this kind of interaction (whether it's beneficial to them or not). 2. Not everyone wants to pay explicit attention to a dialog or alert immediately. Some may be doing other work elsewhere only to find their concentration yanked back to another area because some alert dialog wants to tell you something of mild importance/relevance to a task you may not be currently attempting to complete. Again, no fault of the developer. The program does exactly what it should do, and does a fairly nice job at that. I'm just surprised, and a bit curious.
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| Aug 2 2007 |
You make a good point in saying that a dialog can pull you from the task you're doing, which is why LazyMouse works on dialogs in the current application. Windows has a different model, but on OS X, there's always a frontmost application, and that is the one that LazyMouse watches for. And of course, in Mac OS most dialogs appear as a direct result of user action, so it's most likely that any dialog LazyMouse responds to is one that you're expecting to appear. Of course, part of the benefit of LazyMouse 2.0 is that it moves the cursor to the default button and then snaps the mouse back to where it was after you've dismissed the dialog, so the distraction is minor. As for your first point that the behavior is unexpected, I offer a choice not a mandate. I assume that if someone has downloaded LazyMouse and used it long enough to decide to pay for it, then they've learned to anticipate its behavior. I think part of the reason this feature annoys Windows users is that they don't get a chance to opt in to it, but it just happens automatically. By going through the process of reading a web page, downloading, installing and then turning on LazyMosue, people know what they're getting into, and thus anticipate it working. Then they begin to expect it, and then they get used to it and then they register.
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| Aug 2 2007 |
JEFF LERCH All good points, and I'm totally not doubting that there is an audience for this type of application. I'm just surprised that people would be willing to endure the learning curve when it means combating about X many years of unconsciously learned behavior. Again, very nice work, and thanks for the clarification. It's always interesting to hear other's perspectives on interaction methods.
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| Aug 1 2007 |
ALAN i simply cannot imagine my mac without the lazy mouse. version 2.0 is awesome and works perfectly. | |
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| Jul 22 2007 |
POIKKEUS After the retirement CursorZoom, another program that performed this same task, Lazy Mouse is the only game in town when it comes this extremely useful function. Although one should normally use keyboard shortcuts, this quite addictive. As long as you stay in Safari, it's probably money spent well. But the point is well taken - Firefox isn't covered (yet, at least), and for such a small app, it's little to ask.
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| Sep 7 2006 |
NOSHORTCUTS I have installed Lazymouse on Mac OS X. There are three reasons I am removing it. 1. It does not work with Firefox and I spend alot of time in Firefox. On windows I have freeware that does work in all environments including Firefox. 2. It does not even work with itself. When the shareware window appears to see if I will register, the pointer does not go to it. 3. I am not sure I would consider paying for it even if it worked well for me.
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| Sep 24 2006 |
OLD JEWEL SOFTWARE 1. It does not work with Firefox and I spend alot of time in Firefox. On windows I have freeware that does work in all environments including Firefox. This is covered in the Readme. The Firefox team has chosen to use a nonstandard system for displaying dialogs. There's nothing that can be done about this. 2. It does not even work with itself. When the shareware window appears to see if I will register, the pointer does not go to it. Because when the registration window appears, the register button is disabled. No need to snap to a disabled button. 3. I am not sure I would consider paying for it even if it worked well for me Please feel free to contact me about issues like this or read the included documentation.
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| Aug 20 2006 |
SIDETRACKED It certain does what it says simply and well. But personally I found $7 a bit much for the one trick, especially since hitting return does the same thing. BUT... I see that it has really helped some people, so I guess it's a 'try it and see if it helps you' sort of app.
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| Jun 28 2006 |
KAIOMAI Honestly, and no offence to the developer, why would anyone pay for this? 6.95? I'm sorry... I hope I'm not hurting any feelings...
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| Feb 26 2006 |
MARAUNDI now seems to work fine with toast (although i have also changed my os to 10.4.5) great little app! thanx!
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| Feb 26 2006 |
LOCUTISOFBORED It is no doubt a useful program, but for those that don't know here's an even spedier alternative (and it requires no special programs): hit the return key to activate the default button operation.
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| Feb 26 2006 |
ALAN No doubt, everyone knows about privileges of the RETURN key. However, LazyMouse is doing this 'task' for you, so that you don't have to move your hand away from the mouse; one can be too lazy to do so. | |
| Nov 16 2005 |
ANONYMOUS When will LM offer a "return to starting position" feture? Then I'd pay! Hope the developer does this.
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| Aug 31 2005 |
MARAUNDI i love this lazymouse, too, but it causes toast to crash every time - yeah, i know for sure because when i removed it, toast worked fine again ... here's hoping the dev will have a look at this little issue ...
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| Jul 14 2005 |
ZAC I love lazyMouse. Simple but gradually timesaving. Cheers!
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| Jul 5 2005 |
ANONYMOUS As of version 1.1, there are no longer any known issues with Tiger. If you encounter a conflict, please let me know at feedback@oldjewelsoftware.com.
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| May 10 2005 |
ANONYMOUS I like it, but it doesn't work properly after I install 10.4Tiger.
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| May 15 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Please email me so I can try to help you to get it working. I need to know what's not working for you before I can fix it. Many people have used LazyMouse with 10.4 and had no problems. feedback@oldjewelsoftware.com
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| Mar 13 2005 |
ANONYMOUS NOW IT'S A MEGABYTE to replace the "enter" key? What is this world coming to?
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| Mar 14 2005 |
PAUL Are you saying it shouldn't be done, or that you can do it reliably with a smaller footprint? If the former, don't use it! It does reduce mousing around, and moving hand from mouse to keyboard and back. If the latter, what's your product called?
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| Mar 14 2005 |
PAUL Just re-read your "review"; sorry for missing this in my first reply.... If you think this is a stupid idea, okay. But where do you get off issuing One Star for ease of use and stability? It can't be easier to use, and I've never read any reports nor experienced any instability with it. I bet you never even tried it! As far as I can tell, you have no right to an opinion on these points.
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| Mar 14 2005 |
JOSEPH A. WARDELL To be honest, about half the package size is for 2) some window dressing in the disk image just for looks. The binary itself weighs in at 568K (for version 1.0.7, no guarantee of similar size in later versions, etc. etc.) If you'd really like to try it but don't want to download 1 MB, please email me directly and I'll work something out for you. My email address is feedback@oldjewelsoftware.com
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| Jul 5 2005 |
ANONYMOUS To the original poster of this review: I just wasted 12 bytes downloading your worthless comment! What is the world coming to? This is a great program and I paid for it months ago. 1 MB is not that much for a Mac OS X program.
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| Jun 22 2004 |
ANONYMOUS SnapTo had an option that made the mouse jump back to its previous location when the dialog closed. I would like to see that added here.
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| Mar 14 2005 |
PAUL Agreed! I wrote a message to the developer a few days ago precisely to this point. With the "snap-back" feature, it completely minimizes any disruption to your present work to dismiss a dialog box. IIRC, SnapTo even had a "glide" setting that slid the mouse back to the original location so you could visually track it. SnapTo! was one of my must-have utilities, and I think I paid for about 5 copies so I could give it to friends.
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| Jun 20 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Wait a minute - 786 K to move a freaking mouse cursor? Somebody please wake up!
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| Jun 21 2004 |
M complaining about a *download size*??? wow... and for the "dialogs should move" idea: what about sheets? what about the mouse being in the top-left location of the screen (e.g. when closing a window)?
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| Jun 20 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I want to bring a little attention to the previous poster's suggestion of moving the dialog box instead of the mouse. This seems to be a bit more intuitive, i.e. you don't get interrupted or lose your mouse location temporarily. Naturally, the dialog box shouldn't ever fall off the edge of the screen. Therefore the mouse wouldn't always make it onto the button, but this still seems to be a superior solution. Please consider it.
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| Jun 21 2004 |
M what about sheets? what about the mouse being in the top-left location of the screen (e.g. when closing a window)?
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| Mar 14 2005 |
PAUL Did you ever use Snap-To's "return mouse" feature? I think this might at least partially address your concern with the mouse pointer moving to the default button, and would certainly be cleaner than the logic associated with determining how to move the dialog box and/or mouse, etc. Hope the developer at least considers the return feature, especially with the "glide back" function that lets you visually track the pointer return to where you were using it.
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| Jun 20 2004 |
ANONYMOUS This feature has been in many mouse drivers on and off. It never realy catches on, because if the pointer was in the lower right corner and jumps to the upper right, you have to lift the mouse and move it to keep working. It's much better with a trackball, though. What I'd like is a program that moves the dialog box so the button is under my pointer - that would be useful. My preferred solution is a Logitech Mouseman Wheel with a large fourth button for my thumb. I set this to enter and use it to dismiss annoying dialogs. Logitech no longer makes a mouse quite like this one, but the MX500-series is similar, with two small buttons instead of one large. I guess you could tie them to enter and esc so you can answer yes and no, but I'd still prefer a larger button.
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| Jun 13 2004 |
JOHN TREVELYAN Havent used(OSX.1.5 user) , but if this is what i think it is. Then this has been in RISC OS ever since it was released. But nice to see somthing differnt for a change.:)
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| May 15 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Okay, bought it. Still wish it were free, but it is worth the money. And yes there is a point to this software - sometimes the keyboard is more convenient, and sometimes the mouse is more convenient. This makes the cases where it's the mouse even more convenient.
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| May 9 2004 |
GOSTCODER You can hit return or enter key to press the default button in any window, this is built-in to the OS. There is no point to this software.
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| Jun 6 2004 |
SIG No point? You obviously don't use a Powerbook. Much easier to click when tracking than reach the return key. Also, not all programs use the return for OK, and you have to click it.
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| May 9 2004 |
ANONYMOUS $6.85? What and odd price. Why don't you do this. Come up with the same thing as "Okey-dokey" bundle the two together and sell them for $15. In case you don't know what okey-dokey was, it set a timer on the default button, then after 90 or so seconds (your preference) it "pushed" the button. Nice with a sorta multitasking OS like Classic, very much needed on X.
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| May 8 2004 |
ANONYMOUS I am the Anonymous from two reviews below this one. I just wanted to add that I do wish the cursor would jump to the center of the default button - right now it seems to jump to the right edge of the default button. Very minor gripe.
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| May 2 2004 |
ANONYMOUS Spend the money. This app. is worth it. It works as well as Snap-To did. This feature should have been built into Mac OS from the very beginning.
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| May 1 2004 |
ANONYMOUS The previous Anonymous took the words right out of my mouth. I used to use SnapTo and liked it, and I have always hoped in the back of my mind that something like that would come out for OS X. I don't know if I want to spend another $6.85 right now, though.
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| May 1 2004 |
ANONYMOUS WOW!!! I've been waiting for this kind of app ever since OS X came out! FINALLY it's here!!! In OS 9 I really loved that old control panel called "Snap-To" that did the same thing as LazyMouse. Actually, when I was first trying-out OS X and worried I'd be losing more than I gained, it was the loss of Snap-To that gave me pause... Anyway, this little application does just as it claims and works great with no problems at all. It speeds up so many repetitive tasks, I can hardly tell you! | |
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