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Windows Nudger is free via BitsDuJour - Deal Ended

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Started 12 years ago by Whiterabbit-uk
Latest reply from Dragonlair

Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Windows Nudger is free via BitsDuJour today only. 24 hours from the time of this post give or take several minutes)' You'll find the details HERE

Control Windows, Without a Mouse

Believe it or not, but there are times when using a mouse is actually quite counterproductive! Is your mouse old, broken, or just acting strangely? Has the clutter on your desk forced you to confine your working area to just a tiny sliver of open desktop? Have you ever tried to work on a laptop on one of those tiny airline seatback trays? Sure, laptops have touchpads, but wouldn't it be just easier, and more productive, if you didn't have to take your fingers off of your keyboard?

Window Nudger is the perfect tool for the keyboard warrior in all of us! Imagine being able to move, resize, cascade, tile, and hide any application window using simple hotkey combinations! Window Nudger even lets you set the distance between cascaded and tiled windows!

The secret behind Window Nudger is the app's unique approach to using the Shift, Ctrl, and Alt keys to invoke actions that you'd normally perform using a mouse. The setup is completely customizable -- you can adjust Window Nudger to use all three keys in conjunction with your choice of letter (so that, for example, Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E cascades all open windows), or you can change that command to two (or even just one) hotkeys.

Window Nudger is the smart choice for anyone who'd rather not fuss with a mouse to perform common Windows tasks!

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Not sure whether I'd find this useful. I'm a confirmed mouse whore. :)

Posted 12 years ago #
Anonymous
Unregistered

I try it save geting windows 8

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

haha

Not sure whether I'll be getting Win 8 for a long time. Been very happy with Win 7. The only OS I've never had problems with.

Posted 12 years ago #
Idunnobutiwastold
Gaming Acolyte

Thanks, Whiterabbit. :)

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p.s. This link leads to the download page:
http://www.bitsdujour.com/software/window-nudger/

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Thanks Idunno, didn't realize I'd posted the main page rather than the actual program page.

Posted 12 years ago #
Dragonlair
Member

Has anybody actually tried this software? I'd like to know pros and cons of how it works.

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

Thee's less than 12 hours to go.

Posted 12 years ago #
Dragonlair
Member

I got the software and installed it (and registered it). I'm not real sure how to use it. I was impressed that it doesn't INSIST on loading at boot time. In fact, the default is to NOT load at boot time.

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

This is no longer available for free.

Posted 12 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

I'm like you, WR, I like my mouse...heh heh. I even used a mouse with my laptop (before I screwed it up, trying to clean it up, reinstalling the OS on it, rendering it now useless). Be that as it is, Dragonlair, when you've had a chance to check it out, I'd be interested in an update. :)

Posted 12 years ago #
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru

For the past several years I've always purchased mice with multi buttons. The ones I use at present a Razer Mamba and a razer Lachesis both have adequate buttons for me to program keyboard bindings enought to get away with not using the keyboard in some games and when used with my track IR ( a head movement hardwar and software package, the only keys i need to use usually are the arrow keys.

I'm tempted to get one of those MMO mice from razer (Naga) that have what looks like a key pad on the side of the mouse with 12 buttons; though I often wonder whether they are too small to be functional?

Posted 12 years ago #
Anonymous
Unregistered

got it and got shell executeex failed code 2 don't know if i can fix it ?

Posted 12 years ago #
Dragonlair
Member

RosnSC, I found the software (only retails for under $10) to be misleading. It's described as being useful when your mouse fails for some reason.

ALL it does is allow you to manage the layout and "cascade" of your display with several windows open at once. That's USELESS! There are several key combinations that allow you to pop between windows and select the "active" window built into Windows if you don't want to use the mouse.

I'm uninstalling it. It won't be used so why keep it?

I installed it originally because my husband doesn't like the mouse. Both of us learned to use computers LONG before the mouse was available so we both use the keyboard a lot. I use the mouse more than he does. I was wanting an easy way to access such as the "right-click" menu on a file/folder in Windows Explorer. Hubby found that is available too! Just study the "function key" list in help.

We were very disappointed at the misleading description of this tool making it appear to be far more powerful than it really is.

Posted 12 years ago #
RosnSC
Member

Dragonlair, thanks for the info; I really appreciate it. *Now* I don't feel like I've missed out on something. My family has been computer users since late 1999, and thus learned using a mouse. Even when I was using the laptop I used a (external laptop) mouse, rather than the provided touchpad; terrible when playing Match-3 games.

I have a question for you; what is "the "function key" list in help"? I am having a blank-mind moment, and don't recall where, or if, I've seen that.

Posted 12 years ago #
Dragonlair
Member

Actually, what I meant was the default keyboard shortcut list. Just open Help and request "keyboard shortcuts". For me, that gave me a list of "options" and the first one was what I needed. It has sections you can open to get various aspects of the general shortcuts.

My husband was looking at it on a side issue to the WindowNudger program and found that as well. He was complaining about the F1 key. Half the time he wants to edit, he hits F1 instead of F2.

Under the General Keyboard shortcuts you'll find such as Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V and such as "Windows Logo Key" + Tab to get the effect of WindowNudger.

Posted 12 years ago #

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