Travel Technology - Best little utility ever....

http://kickme.to/katmouse

This application makes your scrollwheel work in any window your mouse is on.

AWESOME!

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.Nooo...

It's much more useful to set the wheel click on your mouse to the back navigation event. You'll be surprised how much easier your web browsing is.

http://kickme.to/katmouse

This application makes your scrollwheel work in any window your mouse is on.

AWESOME!

A better utility than CopyPod?

Close but... ;)

Nooo...

It's much more useful to set the wheel click on your mouse to the back navigation event. You'll be surprised how much easier your web browsing is.
Nah, I have a dedicated button for that on my mouse. In Firefox, I really like the "Open Window in New Tab" feature on the scroll-wheel click . . . it gets used almost as much as the "back button" . . . :D

Have to agree with PorkRind about using the depress of the scroll wheel to open a new tab in Firefox.

hey this tool is pretty awesome
thanks

Am I missing something here? My mouse wheel works in all windows on my Mac without anything extra. Does this do something different?

Am I missing something here? My mouse wheel works in all windows on my Mac without anything extra. Does this do something different?

Yes it does. You don't have to be in an active window, whatever window the cursor is over, is where the scrollwheel works. Since Macs don't even officially come with a scrollwheel mouse I'd say it is "advantage Windows" :D

Yes it does. You don't have to be in an active window, whatever window the cursor is over, is where the scrollwheel works. Since Macs don't even officially come with a scrollwheel mouse I'd say it is "advantage Windows" :D

If the window isn't active, why would you need/want to scroll it? I'd say it is "advantage logic" :D

If the window isn't active, why would you need/want to scroll it? I'd say it is "advantage logic" :D

I need to do this all the time, whether it is an IM window, my browser or iTunes...

Nooo...

It's much more useful to set the wheel click on your mouse to the back navigation event. You'll be surprised how much easier your web browsing is.
I don't have a wheel to play with at the moment - but I thought you could do this by holding down control, alt or shift and spinning the wheel?

Yes it does. You don't have to be in an active window, whatever window the cursor is over, is where the scrollwheel works. Since Macs don't even officially come with a scrollwheel mouse I'd say it is "advantage Windows" :D

Mac users have Expose, and don't have to remove their hands from the keyboard or use their crippled mice. :)

To me, the cool thing about this app isn't that the window scrolls, it's that focus returns to the other window. Can you leave your pointer over a window that you're frequently scrolling? It'd be great for taking notes from long webpages.

I need to do this all the time, whether it is an IM window, my browser or iTunes...

I'm running virtual window managers on both my Mac and Linux machines. I'm sure you can do that on Windows too. It's really a much more elegant solution -- every app in its own window, or however you like it.

Another advantage is that, around our house, 'malware' only means undergarments the kids haven't changed in two days.

Yes it does. You don't have to be in an active window, whatever window the cursor is over, is where the scrollwheel works. Since Macs don't even officially come with a scrollwheel mouse I'd say it is "advantage Windows" :D

Actually, Powerbooks come with a scrolling trackpad, officially.

Actually, Powerbooks come with a scrolling trackpad, officially.

And what a success that has been :D (http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=948)

If I am not mistaken, Apple did NOT support scrolling on the (older) Synaptics trackpads, and someone had to write a third party app to enable it...

I don't have a wheel to play with at the moment - but I thought you could do this by holding down control, alt or shift and spinning the wheel?Yeah - that works (shift +...) but it's way too much effort. :)

And what a success that has been :D (http://www.appleinsider.com/article.php?id=948)

If I am not mistaken, Apple did NOT support scrolling on the (older) Synaptics trackpads, and someone had to write a third party app to enable it...

old news. 'been fixed for months, 3 .x releases of the OS ago.

old news. 'been fixed for months, 3 .x releases of the OS ago.

Don't let the facts get in my way of a good Mac bashing :)