Mice and other pointing devices are often culprits in repetitive strain injuries and other overuse syndromes which cause pain. A significant part of this problem is not just moving the mouse but clicking the buttons – ClickNoMo is a small piece of software which can help this problem by clicking the mouse for you.
ClickNoMo senses your mouse movements as you move your cursor around the screen. When you move your cursor to the position where you would like to click and bring your mouse to a stop for a short amount of time, ClickNoMo generates a click for you. ClickNoMo can single click, double click, right click and also do mouse dragging.
There is a small palette which sits on your screen – it can be transparent so it doesn’t get in your way – and when you need to do a right click, double click, or mouse dragging, you hold your mouse over the button you want and the next click generated by ClickNoMo will be of the type selected. It’s quite quick once you get used to it.
- Ricky Buchanan
sr November 10, 2008 at 7:15 am
I finally downloaded this app after reading your reviews here. I’ve been using it for less than an hour, and I’m already hooked. I’ve got DeCuervians Tenuviatis, so the button on my trackpad is the bane of my existence (but using any other mouse is worse for the tendonitis in my wrists.)
Thanks so much for the info!
sr
Ricky Buchanan November 10, 2008 at 12:33 pm
@sr: Glad you found a useful program. I really hope it helps you in the medium/long term also – call back and let us know in a few weeks/months!
Ricky Buchanan November 18, 2008 at 12:59 pm
@chairs: We have other articles which cover the SmartNav for Mac OS X, it’s certainly another wrist saving option although it’s significantly more expensive.