Comments on: High Sign: Mouse Gesture Application

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 29 May 2009 21:30:55 +0000

Just thought its worth mentioning that Opera comes with mouse gestures built-in and they are really handy, although I’m not sure how complete they are compared to these system wide apps.

I do like the fact that Opera comes with mouse gesture support, but I know some people prefer system-wide applications so that the gestures are more universal.

DComedian wrote:

Why on earth people use computers without using mouse gestures is an utter mystery to me to be honest, I guess people aren’t prepared to invest a few minutes setting up and learning gestures. They must save me hours each month, days each year.

I don't use mouse gesture applications that much because I'm more of a keyboard shortcut kind of guy. My hand isn't on the mouse all that often.

By: Create Custom Gestures on a PC With High Sign

Create Custom Gestures on a PC With High Sign — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:17:03 +0000

[...] Cybernet was just lamenting the fact that mouse gesture applications seem to be a fairly niche space. StrokeIt, their ol’ standby, hasn’t seen updates in four years, which is like 28 web years. Then they found High Sign, an alpha bit of software that looks slick. [...]

By: DComedian

DComedian — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:49:13 +0000

Thanks AB – I always knew that if I was forced into buying a new PC with Vista then I’d still carry on using StrokeIt, but it must be slightly more difficult without being able to see the gesture being drawn? I guess you get used to it?!

By: AB

AB — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 09:32:13 +0000

@DComedian: StrokeIt works perfectly for me on Vista Enterprise Edition for the last 9months! All you need to do is turn off the ‘Draw colored line when entering gesture’ and you’re ready to go

By: DComedian

DComedian — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 03:33:42 +0000

I’m desperate for a program that is as effective as StrokeIt. I couldn’t even consider upgrading to a PC with Vista on it, because StrokeIt by all accounts doesn’t work very well with Vista.

Why on earth people use computers without using mouse gestures is an utter mystery to me to be honest, I guess people aren’t prepared to invest a few minutes setting up and learning gestures. They must save me hours each month, days each year.

For anybody who doesn’t currently use gestures but thinks they might be useful my suggestion is that you start off learning and using just a few, and then add to them once they’ve become second nature.

If High Sign proves to be as good as StrokeIt then I will definitely be making a donation, I will watch its progress with interest.

By: High Sign: Aumenta tu productividad con mouse gestures | Punto Geek

High Sign: Aumenta tu productividad con mouse gestures | Punto Geek — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 13:51:15 +0000

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By: jetimms

jetimms — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:42:27 +0000

Just thought its worth mentioning that Opera comes with mouse gestures built-in and they are really handy, although I’m not sure how complete they are compared to these system wide apps.

By: Deadman36g

Deadman36g — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:24:29 +0000

gMote ([handform.net]) is also a very nice StrokeIt alternative.

By: Change

Change — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:47:53 +0000

You might want to warn people that even though it’s a very promising application which already works quite well, this is still an alpha version (i.e. not even at the beta stage yet). Handle with care and at your own risk.