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Tiny New Zealand is an up-and-comer in the global tech industry, and Antibody Software's WizMouse is one of the first commercial software products we've encountered from the island nation known for its digital cinematic capabilities. It's a small bit of freeware that lets you use your mouse's scroll wheel to scroll through the window currently under the mouse pointer instead of the top focused or "active" window. Instead of having to click the mouse on the inactive window to enable scrolling, you merely have to position the cursor over the window to focus it. You can also use WizMouse to enable similar scrolling functionality in applications that don't support mouse wheels.
At a little more than 571KB, including an installer, WizMouse is a compact program that downloads and sets up quickly and easily. Since it's designed to do one simple thing, or not, as you choose, its controls and options are appropriately basic, just a dialog with typical options such as running at start-up, enabling or disabling the program quickly with a left-click of the system tray icon, and selecting how many lines to scroll with each turn of the mouse wheel. There's also a check box for the function that converts mouse wheel commands into scrollbar commands, with advice to disable it, should it cause erratic mouse scrolling. Web-based help is a click away.
WizMouse is freeware and works in all versions of Windows, from 2000 to 7. Recent releases have a "Run as Administrator" option for Windows Vista and 7.
WizMouse - Scroll the window under the mouse pointer - Download Video Previews:Publisher's Description
From Antibody Software:
WizMouse causes your mouse wheel to scroll the window under the mouse pointer instead of the currently focused window. You don't have to click on a window to focus it before you're able to scroll it with the mouse wheel. It can optionally enable mouse wheel functionality in applications that do not support mouse wheels. It can also optionally reverse the mouse scroll wheel direction to simulate "Natural" scrolling as on Apple's OS X Lion.
What's new in this version: Version 1.6.0.2 adds optional reversed mouse wheel scrolling - like OS X "Natural" scrolling. Fixes a bug where WizMouse might terminate after a few days when running on Windows Vista/7 if "run as administrator" was enabled.
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All versions:
4.2 starsout of 168 votes
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Current version:
4.5 starsout of 31 votes
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"As advertised"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
Did what it said it would do. No need to click in window. Just put mouse in correct window and scroll away.
Cons
Can't think of any
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"Should be built into Windows"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
Makes multitasking much faster
Cons
Only that its configuration screen has ads for paid programs. No big deal. No nag screens
Summary
Set it up and you'll forget it's there. Windows scrolling will work the way it always should have.
Rids you of one of the most irritating time wasters - having to click to make each successive window active.
In addition, it allows you to select whether it will bring the window you are scrolling to the foreground or not. Very hip.
Rare to find any application at any cost (especially free) that is so light, dependable, and useful. -
"Great addition to windows 7"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
easy install, Just works, brings back an old feature tha Windows usd to have
Cons
None noted
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"I can't work without this anymore."
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
Do exactly what it do.
Cons
It should be a native option in Windows
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"A)Only partially works. B)Crashes Win7 dialogue boxes."
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
When it works it works well.
Cons
Does not work in all apps.
In Windows 7 you cannot scroll through dialogue boxes (they close on you instantly - you can get around this by disabling WizMouse with a mouse-click on the icon in your tray but dialogue boxes are encountered too often and it is a pain to be kicked out each time you forget to disable WisMouse first.Summary
Unusable except for exceptional circumstances.
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"Can't compute w/o this"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
Fast light weight and very useful little tool right here. Fast install and uses hardly any resources.
Cons
None at all
Summary
This should be built into Windows.
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"love this software"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
automatically puts me in scroll mode on any page in almost any program or application
Cons
none yet as far as i can tell
Summary
great time and frustration saver. i lost this software in a computer crash and subsequent rebuild and couldn't remember what it was called. did a couple Google searches and such, but nothing. then i was sorting through some paperwork one day and found a little scrap of paper i had (in a moment of unusual insight) written down all the unusual, new or "must have" software that i had installed. WHEW
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"Outstanding Mouse Wheel Rolling"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
Mouse Wheel Features take place everywhere over web pages or windows.
Very fast action over almost everything with or without original mouse wheel support.
Very light-weighed.Cons
So far none detected.
Summary
All OS should have included this application.
Bringing-up to Fore-ground Support.
Updated on Oct 7, 2012 -
"Everyone should have this"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
Free, easy to install, so helpful!!!
Cons
none that I can see
Summary
You no longer have to click back into the window you want to scroll... just hover your mouse over it and turn the wheel! Everyone should have this.
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"Works on most programs in Win7"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.2
Pros
Works nicely and on most programs in Win 7, but I've used Katmouse which worked better in XP, but doesnt really work in 7. Thats why I switched to WizMouse. If Katmouse still worked in 7, then I would not have switched.
Cons
Need a similar function to Katmouse where you can actually add new windows to the software so that it function on the new window.
Summary
Fair product. Wish this sort of functionality was build in into 7, but trust M$ not to do it. If you are using 7, give WizMouse a try, will make life a bit easier
