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MouseposÃ©: The Ultimate Mouse Finder

TMO Quick Tip - Mouseposé: The Ultimate Mouse Finder

by , 7:30 AM EST, March 17th, 2006

Large monitors, dual displays and software demonstrations all have something in common: You mouse pointer gets lost in a sea of activity. Before the advent of high resolution and HD displays, a quick jiggle of the mouse was enough to show us where our pointer was, but not any more. Enter Mouseposé.

With a quick tap of the F1 key, Mouseposé dims your screen and highlights the area surrounding your mouse pointer, making it easy to find your cursor on large displays, and to highlight areas during presentations and training. It's also handy when you are using a PowerBook or MacBook Pro in low light conditions. When your display dims to adjust to the ambient light, your mouse pointer blends in with your darker screen. Mouseposé highlights the area around it, making it much easier to click menus and on screen buttons.

Mouseposé highlights the area around your cursor.

Mouseposé is an application, and not a system hack, so it doesn't run the risk of stability problems. You can change its hot key from F1 to what works best for you. You can also modify the highlight radius around your mouse pointer, and change the dimmed area opacity and color.

You can find Mouseposé at the Boinx Web site, and it's free.

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Close Name:Guest
Fri Mar 17, 2006 11:29 am Subject: I got it a while back

It's a simple, effective little app and is a help on a large display. Very good to also use as a pointer when working with someone.

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Close Name:toeknee Posts: 5 Joined: 14 Oct 2005
Fri Mar 17, 2006 12:26 pm Subject: awesome

I have been using it in my classroom. When I do a demonstration on my computer which is shared on all the lab screens, the students can see exactly what I am trying to show them. I love Mousespose.

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Close Name:Pharmer Posts: 4 Joined: 27 Feb 2006
Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:33 pm Subject: Universal Binary?

Is is available as an Intel-native program?

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Close Name:Intruder - TMO Mac Specialist Posts: 3149 Joined: 07 Jul 2004
Fri Mar 17, 2006 1:39 pm Subject: Re: Universal Binary?

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Pharmer wrote:
Is is available as an Intel-native program?

Yes.

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Close Name:Guest
Fri Mar 17, 2006 7:14 pm Subject: but who cares...

apps like this that use so little processor will never need to be made to run Intel native.

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Close Name:Guest
Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:47 am Subject: Re: Universal Binary?

[thread reset to the point before the troll hijacking]

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Close Name:Guest
Tue Nov 20, 2007 7:35 am Subject: No longer free

It's now $14.95

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