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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 also optionally enable mouse wheel functionality in applications that do not support mouse wheels.
What's new in this version: Version 1.6.0.1 runs at a higher priority level to keep mouse movement smooth on slower PCs.
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All versions:
4.2 starsout of 177 votes
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Current version:
4.2 starsout of 52 votes
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"works great for me"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
performs as expected
Cons
no downside yet
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"No reason not to get it !!"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
Scroll any window on your desktop, not just the one that's currently in focus. It has other features, but that's all I use it or need it for. Does it well, with no bugs, glitches, or unwanted effects.
Cons
None that I can think of at this time, or have seen yet.
Summary
There is no reason not to get this software. It does what it says, doesn't do anything extra that you wouldn't want, no pop-up ads or trial periods, just works with no fuss.
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"This is the way a mouse should work."
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
This aids in scrolling through windows of data when the window is not the active window.
Cons
It is another application to load at startup of Windows
Summary
The first time I saw the article about WizMouse, the author said that it was a must have feature that he installed on every windows installation. He was certainly correct about that. It is now on every machine that I use.
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"Works great. Simple to use"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
Easy to use.
Cons
No cons with it so far
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"great little app"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
works as advertised
Cons
non as of yet
Summary
should be built in to OS
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"Does as it says."
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
Easy install and works great.
Cons
None as of now.
Summary
Worth a download. I was annoyed to find out Windows 7 didn't do it. Makes multitasking much easier.
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"Handy little tool"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
Easy install.Does what I've been needing. I do a lot of rosters for sports teams. So I have to do a lot of cut & paste,now I can have more than one document on screen open at once to select info from.Much quicker
Cons
Haven't found any.
Summary
Great little tool. Made my job easier.
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"Do what it says."
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
Very usefull when you have several open windows
Cons
None that I am aware.
Summary
Use it. You will like it.
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"Why isn't this part of windows?"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
Extremely intuitive, you want your mouse wheel to scroll where your mouse is...this does that.
Cons
Can't think of one.
Summary
A very handy utility, you'll love it and when you use a computer without it you'll find yourself annoyed.
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"Works as advertised, I missed this feature from Unix"
Version: WizMouse 1.6.0.1
Pros
More flexible desktop, able to scroll a reference window while keeping focus on edit window.
Cons
none so far
Summary
Great utility.
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