KatMouse for Windows

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Developer’s Description

Enhance the functionality of your mouse wheel.

The prime purpose of the KatMouse utility is to enhance the functionality of mice with a scroll wheel, offering 'universal' scrolling: moving the mouse wheel will scroll the window directly beneath the mouse cursor (not the one with the keyboard focus, which is default on Windows OSes). IMO this is a major increase in the usefullness of the mouse wheel.Another feature involves the wheel button. Since the wheel button is not consistently used in Windows, KatMouse can use it for a kind of task switching: with a click of the wheel button you can push a window to the buttom of the stack of windows that is your desktop, making a recovered window the active window.

KatMouse for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: June 1, 2007

Latest update: March 14, 2012

Version: 1.04

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows Vista
Windows NT
Windows 2000
Windows 10
Windows 7

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 20,446

Downloads Last Week: 1

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User Reviews

4.1/5

13 User Votes

Obsolete in windows 10
Lachlan CSeptember 17, 2015
Pros
A must have for pre-windows 10! You will forget it's there and love the new functionality
Cons
I have to write ten characters when there are no cons to this program. If you don't have windows 10 get this utility!
Summary
Windows 10 added mouse over scrolling making Katmouse unnecessary. Thanks for everything KatMouse! you made scrolling a breeze!
One of my favorites. I use it everywhere!
antonrykheerOctober 16, 2012
Pros
- Scroll and it works. That simple! - Adding additional classes that aren't initially recognised. That's what makes this app even better. - It always works. On old and new operating systems.
Cons
None. Its perfect through simplicity
Summary
Do you ever have multiple windows open alongside eachother.. or overlapping.. or one in front of another.. or docked frames in the same parent window? But you use them all... and you want to just view any of those window or frame's hidden contents quick and easy without having to click on it before scrolling? If you're a developer and working with and IDE, this fits your description. Use KatMouse. Take the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen and scroll and see how the hidden data displays as it should. No clicking and activating windows and frames first. Add inknown classes and custom controls by using the built in class spy.
won't download
rickdempseyJanuary 18, 2012
Pros
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Cons
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Summary
won't download from code scout site. Can you help, I had this software previously and I would like to download the software again.
Ruined Middle Click
derppppJune 14, 2011
Pros
Unfocused windows scrolling works
Cons
Rendered all other functions of middle click unusable
Summary
I found out about this from Lifehacker and made an account JUST to review this. It does what it says, and more. I could no longer middle click to close tabs, programs, or do ANYTHING other than scrolling with the scroll wheel. I uninstalled this program and I recommend anyone else having this problem to download WizMouse. It works without these downsides for me.
Works perfectly well
peterwirtthJanuary 9, 2011
Pros
As promised
Cons
non .............
Summary
Really improves the windows experience. So often a click to activate an application starts an unwanted process. That's over.
Mmmhhh......
deltazeroNovember 26, 2010
Pros
Works almost as advertised.
Cons
No "set and forget application", see summary.
Summary
I had problems with multiple application: Firefox 3 and 4 Beta, FeedDemon 4 Beta ... There problems could be resolved by configuring them manually. The problem is that I always forget that the problem could be KatMouse... ;) Now trying Wizmouse.
Works brilliantly with Windows 7!
themasterchief26October 22, 2010
Pros
simple, free and does exactly what it claims, that is, makes it possible to scroll whichever window you mouse over without having to click to activate it first.
Cons
nothing yet
Summary
A must have app, especially for anybody that also uses Mac OS X, where this functionality is integrated into the operating system, and taken for granted until you encounter a machine where 'click to activate' is necessary. I expect Microsoft will catch up eventually and incorporate with functionality into Windows.
Katmouse works as advertised
mtngzrAugust 24, 2010
Pros
It allows one to transition freely between windows without having to constantly left click to focus on the current window.
Cons
I don't see any negatives.
Summary
Does what it says on the tin
ChaomancerAugust 2, 2010
Pros
Makes it much easier to read multiple windows
Cons
None as far as I know
Summary
Intuitive, efficient use of mouse!! --saves clicks
caakc0dwiDecember 2, 2009
Pros
1. Simple to install, no instructions needed. 2. Saves unnecessary clicking to give Windows focus just to scroll down to view information 3. Consistent with Apple systems.
Cons
None yet after two weeks usage.
Summary
If you have many overlapping windows and simply like to scroll another window to get some information while typing in another window without actually changing the focus back and forth many times, this is the tool. Surprising simple to install and use, no instructions needed nor wanted. Saves clicks--we all only have a given number of clicks before we pass out! I am told this is how the Apples OS X works with mouse. Why isn't this built into Windows? Perhaps I have done this unknowingly on the Mac platform and have been frustrated in Windows without knowing why. Now I know why, and feel an efficiency improvement has been made! Kudos to Katmouse, not MS.