Well that’s it!  Everybody, well some of the experts anyway seem to agree that the ageing keyboard and mouse just isn’t going to cut it any more.  It’s just not a good enough way to communicate with our computers.  It’s slow and clunky, in fact the story goes that an alphabetical keyboard would be quicker to type [...]

Categories: Misc

When you move the mouse around on your system you will soon realize that borders have been placed at the edge of the screen to prevent it from falling off the earth. And while that may make sense to avoid confusion, it may also mean more mouse movement on the screen as you cannot just [...]

Categories: Software

People with disability may have difficulties working on a computer. Sometimes it may not be possible to use a mouse or the computer keyboard. When that’s the case, special software for people with disability comes to the rescue. These programs often emulate mouse and keyboard, for instance with head movement or eye pointer software. A [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

When it comes to using a computer mouse, I like mine as plain and simple as possible. I only need three mouse buttons (left, right and middle) and a scroll wheel and that is it. A friend of mine, avid gamer, recently bought a 20+ button mouse as he likes all of the game controls [...]

Categories: Hardware

Have you ever worked with two or even more computers at the same workplace? Maybe by using a desktop computer and a laptop at the same time. If you did, you had to cope with two keyboard and a mouse or touchpad on each computer. Not very handy, especially not so if space was limited [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Software, Windows

Ghacks regulars know that a computer keyboard can be dirtier than a toilet, with up to 400 times the bacteria. If you are like me, you sometimes do things like eating in front of the PC that contribute to that. I usually feel the urge to clean my keyboard when I’m working on the computer, [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

If you are using a mouse, trackball, or touchpad with extra buttons in Windows, chances are the manufacturer has created software to configure the buttons. Rarely do they create such software for Linux. Btnx (button x) can be used to configure the mouse buttons in Linux for a variety of pointing devices. With a three [...]

Categories: Linux, Operating Systems

Aero Snap is a new feature that Microsoft implemented in the Windows 7 operating system. It can be used to automatically arrange windows when they are moved to the edge of the screen. I use the feature all the time, for instance to display two windows next to each other. Some users on the other [...]

Categories: Tutorials Basic, Windows

Laptop owners usually can use the built-in touchpad or a computer mouse on their devices, and most owners will surely agree that the usability differs highly depending on that choice. The Windows operating system offers no option to configure different sensitivities for mouse and touchpad uses which can be extremely frustrating for users who switch [...]

Categories: Software, Windows