gHacks technology news » mouse speed http://www.ghacks.net A technology blog covering software, mobile phones, gadgets, security, the Internet and other relevant areas. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:24:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Better Mouse Scrolling In Firefox With SmoothWheel http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/27/better-mouse-scrolling-in-firefox-with-smoothwheel/ http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/27/better-mouse-scrolling-in-firefox-with-smoothwheel/#comments Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:00:39 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=14814 firefoxMost Firefox users dislike how mouse scrolling is handled in the web browser. It feels everything but smooth with no apparent settings in the Firefox options to change the scroll speed or the smoothness of the operation. One of the best tools to fix the mouse scrolling behavior of Firefox is the SmoothWheel extension which can be used to configure the scroll speed extensively.

The add-on is actually not only compatible with Firefox but also with the email client Thunderbird and other Mozilla based applications such as Seamonkey, Songbird or Flock. The extension will automatically change the mouse scrolling speed in the application it was installed in.

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The options of the add-on provide access to very extensive parameters that can be used to fine tune the scroll speed. Available are both basic and advanced settings.Basic mode contains settings to change the speed and step size. Speed ranges from very slow to turbo while the step size ranges from 1/10 page to 1 page or 10 pixels to 500 pixels. It might take a few tries before the ideal scroll speed settings can be found but it is very well worth it in the long run.

Holding down the alt or shift key will increase or respectively decrease the scrolling step size to allow for a bigger or smaller scrolling area. Additional options are available in the basic settings window like enabling the same scrolling speed when using the computer keyboard to scroll. The advanced settings on the other hand can be configured to change adaptive duration and steps and a fps limit. SmoothWheel is a great add-on for users who are not satisfied with the mouse scrolling behavior of Firefox or other Mozilla software programs.

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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2009/07/27/better-mouse-scrolling-in-firefox-with-smoothwheel/feed/ 2 Reduce The Computer Mouse Speed http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/13/reduce-the-computer-mouse-speed/ http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/13/reduce-the-computer-mouse-speed/#comments Sat, 13 Sep 2008 10:55:53 +0000 Martin http://www.ghacks.net/?p=6969 Some software programs demand sensitive mouse movements under certain circumstances. A graphic designer who is working on an image needs to make pixel-based changes to images that he is working with and a mouse on steroids does not help that much when trying to hit that pixel that needs to be changed.

SlowMousion comes to the rescue. The software sits quietly in the system tray upon installation and provides the user with one feature: To slow down the computer mouse speed. It makes use of a global hotkey to slow down the computer mouse. By default that hotkey is the Windows key but it can be changed to other keys, and the left-, middle- and right-mouse buttons.

The mouse speed is reduced to a fraction of the normal speed upon pressing the hotkey which has to be pressed continuously for the effect to last.

SlowMousion does not (unfortunately) come with options to adjust the slow down factor which would definitely be a recommended setting for an updated version.

The software program is compatible to windows2000, Windows XP and Windows Vista.

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