Thank for for trying MouseTool version 1.52


What MouseTool Does
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For many people with wrist pain, it is the act of clicking buttons
that causes the pain.  

MouseTool clicks the mouse for you, eliminating most wrist pain 
caused by using a mouse.  Its basic operation is simple: It watches 
as you move the mouse, and when you pause, it clicks.

Other operating modes -- Smart Drag and its joystick support -- 
allow you to drag the mouse cursor.



Considerations
==============
First, everyone has different hands.  Many people have no problems with
mice and never will.  Others have wrist pain but it doesn't come from 
clicking.  The rest may benefit from MouseTool.

Second, with MouseTool, there is still some minor strain.  You still need to hold 
the mouse, and to move it around the mousepad.  There are a couple of common-
sense things you can do to reduce that stress, though:
1.  It is tempting to slide the mouse around by moving it with your fingertips.
    This is not a good idea.  Hold the mouse with your hand, and move it with
    your whole arm.
2.  Take breaks.  Change your arm position.  
3.  Make sure your workstation is set up ergonomically.



About the Author
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MouseTool was written by me, Jeff Roush, to help me deal with my own
tendonitis.  I had to leave a previous programming job because I became unable
to use a mouse and keyboard.  I tried all the ergonomic mice I could find.
None helped.  Eventually, I rewired a mouse to give it a touch-switch.  
This helps immensely.  All mice should be made with touch switches.
(HINT! HINT!  This is a free product idea for any mouse makers that
might be listening!  Please!  HINT! HINT!)

Then I developed the MouseTool.  For me, MouseTool helps much more than
anything else.  (And I have to emphasize this: we are all built differently.  
MouseTool may not help you.)

MouseTool is part product of necessity, part commercial product, and part 
labor of love.  I use it all the time -- I really can't use a computer for 
any length of time without it.  


Please feel free to send me a message with comments.
I can be reached (at JR Software LLC) by email at jeff@mousetool.com.



Order Information
=================
The registered version costs $39.95. 

You can purchase the registered version of MouseTool from my distributor, 
DITR Marketing, Inc., online by credit card at 

http://www.ditr.com/software/mousetool/order.html

For phone, fax, or email credit card orders and regular mail check orders, 
contact DITR Marketing at:

DITR Marketing, Inc.
11772 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 120
San Diego, CA 92121
phone: (619) 259-4700
fax:   (619) 259-5425
email: service@ditr.com
web: http://www.softwarestore.com


Release Notes
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Change from version 1.5 (this is 1.52):
MouseTool is now aware of reversed mouse buttons.  
MouseTool now lets go of itself when you drag the MouseTool window
using Smart Drag.

