Comments on: Track Mouse Activity On Your Computer

By: John Cossham

John Cossham — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:45:29 +0000

I got rid of this when it didn’t work, but as I got a follow-up comment in my inbox I thought I’d try it again. I still cannot make it work, and it’s obvious that most of you do make it work!
How do you do it? I’ve got the box coming up saying ‘run’ and ‘save’ and I’ve played quite a bit with the two boxes which come up. But no saved files with blobby pictures. Can someone explain in easy to understand terms what I might be doing wrong?
Many thanks! I’m using Windows not a Mac, although the thing I downloaded is called MACOSX zipped file, and there’s another thing called mousepath.exe. HELP!!!

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 21:53:40 +0000

Do some research into DVORAK, it’s not easier, in studies the basic QWERTY layout had higher WPM rates and caused less stress in the carpels and meta-carpels over time. Just saying, just because it’s different doesn’t mean it’s better.

By: dave

dave — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:33:55 +0000

I used this a while ago and yeah, it had a black button over stumble and slightly under that there were a lot of lines since I move down slightly to use the mouse wheel.

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By: james

james — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:13:20 +0000

I would have to agree. At the begining of this year I changed my keyboard to Dvorák I after wanting to switch for a long time. I look at the keyboard, and it just made for a better keyboard I thought. with the vowels on the primary keys. After using for just a little while I was able to switch back and forth. I was just a matter of knowing were the keys were on both formats(keep in mind I do look at my keyboard while typing for the most part)

To keep it short I found the keys are not spread apart enough for any real difference. Having the common key spread out I find actually easier to type.
I going to work with the dvorak for a little longer, but I think it is best to stick with the style popular and perfect it.
Want to fix keyboard issues… perfect dictation software.

By: Mailboxhead

Mailboxhead — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:47:37 +0000

While it’s true that the early typewriters were prone to jamming, and that the QWERTY layout was meant to reduce jamming, it did NOT work by slowing down typists.
The layout put letters that are often next to each other in words further apart, since it was the simultaneous pressing of adjacent keys that caused jamming.

By: anon

anon — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 16:12:47 +0000

The many myths of Dvorak superiority were thoroughly debunked twenty years ago:
http://www.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/keys1.html

The only thing remarkable about Dvorak is the staying power of the romantic B.S. about the little format that almost made it.

Like Betamax aficionados, Dvorak’s lonely fans pine for what they imagine could have been…

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By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:14:07 +0000

Yes – love the idea of using a keylogger – I might give that a try.
QWERTY was actually designed to slow down typists using the early mechanical typewritters, which were prone to jamming.
These days when a lot of typing is down by thumbs on handhelds seems like a great time to rethink that input paradigm.