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LazyMouse
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.  
(Version 2.0.3)

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LazyMouse
Sep 28 2007

How do you mean "jerks the background processes around"?  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Trampoline
Sep 26 2007

OLD JEWEL SOFTWARE  Hi MDay,

You have every right to be annoyed at version 2.2.2. The only defense I have is that I don't have a G5 or MacPro to test against, so I depended on users to contact me and collaborate to figure out what was going on.

I'm glad to hear that version 2.2.3 worked better for you. In the future, feel free to contact me if you have a problem with Trampoline.  
(Version 2.2.3)

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Trampoline
Sep 23 2007

OLD JEWEL SOFTWARE  please, please please contact me about this guys. I can't fix a bug that I can't test. None of my machines crash. I need your help.

Both of you has reported on the site, neither of you has contacted me.  
(Version 2.2.2)

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Trampoline
Sep 23 2007

OLD JEWEL SOFTWARE  Hi Aeschylus,

Please email me so I can try to fix this. macupdate@old-jewel.com.  
(Version 2.2.1)

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LazyMouse
Aug 2 2007

OLD JEWEL SOFTWARE  Hi Jeff,

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.   
(Version 2.0)

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Logitech Control Center
Feb 21 2007

OLD JEWEL SOFTWARE  I've used a Logitech MX310 for years now and love it, so when I was about to release Trampoline (an update to Bullseye) (http://www.old-jewel.com/trampoline/), I decided I would make a short screen movie showing how to use Trampoline with logitech's device drivers.

I installed the newest logitech control center onto a fresh install of 10.4.8 and proceeded to try to make the movie. The control center repeatedly crashed. An hour and a half later, I have about 4 movies that, if stitched together, may make for a decent tutorial, or they may just be a record of my continued exasperation as things constantly crash and fail to work.

After this frustration, I attempted to visit logitech's site to report to them the crash reports I had accumulated so that they could improve their product. I found no way at all to report a bug to logitech. I am extremely disappointed.  
(Version 2.1.3)

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LazyMouse
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

Fair enough.

Please feel free to contact me about issues like this or read the included documentation.  
(Version 1.1.3)

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