Get Lazy with The LazyMouse Preference Pane
There’s always something – whether it’s taking out the trash, picking up the remote when it’s on the other side of the couch and you don’t want to move because your so comfortable under the blanket, or moving the mouse all the way to the default button when a dialog box appears. Fret not! Introducing LazyMouse – the preference pane to fix all of your lazy dialog box needs.
Those of you who have used the mac for a while are probably saying, “Hey, can’t you just press the Return button to choose the default button on a dialog box?” Yes you can! So, why not choose your mouse to hover over the Alternate Button instead?
LazyMouse is very customizable. You can even have the preference put your mouse back to where it was before the dialog box appeared. And if you need even more notification, you can have LazyMouse play a sound when the cursor moves – with a choice of 3 volume levels. You can even exclude applications when you feel the need to put in the extra effort.
Overall this preference pane will speed up your productivity if your work requires a bunch of dialog boxes. It works extremely well and uses little to no processing power. LazyMouse requires a mac running Mac OS X.4 or higher to run and is available at http://www.old-jewel.com/lazymouse/index.html for the price of $9.95.
eh? useless app… very very … very useless app…
$9,95? No freaking way… I just can’t justify the price.
SteerMouse is better and more features to boot.
@nachx I agree. I personally can’t trade that for a little boost of productivity, even though it might help a bit.
In my experience of using a computer (Mac), I usually move it back anyways. :\
You still have to go to the mouse to click the “alternate button”. This solution is much better:
- Go to System Preferences
- Select ‘Keyboard & Mouse’
- Click the ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’ tab
- Choose ‘All Controls‘ under ‘Full keyboard access’ at the bottom
Now when a new dialog pops up, you use “enter” to select the primary button and “space” to select the alternate.
It’s as if this OS was built with usability in mind…