April 28, 2008
MercuryMover helps keyboard users who like to move it, move it
Posted Apr. 28, ’08, 9:45 AM PT by Dan Moren
Category | Software
There are two types of people in this world—no more, no less: those who prefer to use the mouse/trackpad, and those who like to keep their hands firmly on the keyboard. Both are equally valid, except for the mouse users, who are totally wrong. Those of us in the keyboard clan have long had to resort to the pointing device for quotidian tasks like moving and resizing windows, but those days may finally be approaching their timely demise.
Helium Foot Software’s MercuryMover is a preference pane that allows you to move and resize your windows all from the keyboard. By hooking into the “access for assistive devices” component of OS X’s Universal Access system, MercuryMover allows you to designate a hot key that switches you into a mode where you can then adjust the foremost window’s position and size. Additional options let you assign modifier keys that control the increments by which it adjusts window sizes (for example, you could say that holding control and an arrow key will adjust window sizes by 100 pixels while holding the shift key adjusts it by 10 pixels). When you toggle MercuryMover on, it’ll even give you a helpful overlay that reminds you which modifiers do what.
You can download a free 30 day trial of MercuryMover, but the full version will cost you $24. It’s a small price to pay to be forever free from the shackles of the tyrannical trackpad.
[via Mac OS X Hints]
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As the developer of MercuryMover, i wanted to pass along an offer that i already made to MacOSXHints readers. Enter the discount code "HINTS" when purchasing MercuryMover for a 20% discount. This discount will be in effect through 5 May 2008.
Happy moving and resizing,
Keith Alperin
http://www.heliumfoot.com