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MouseInc: A Compact and Powerful Tool for Global Mouse Gestures on Windows

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Mouse gestures can significantly improve work efficiency and become indispensable once you get used to them. While general browsers can implement mouse gestures by installing extensions, these only work in browsers where the extension is installed or enabled. Global mouse gestures, however, can be used in any software or window, allowing one tool to be used across multiple applications. Today, we introduce MouseInc.

Introduction

When mentioning MouseInc, we must also mention another Windows global mouse gesture tool: WGestures. However, the author of that software has not updated it for a long time. Recently, a new contender named MouseInc has emerged. It shares similar functionality with WGestures and even includes some unique features that WGestures lacks. The author is actively updating it.

MouseInc Overview

  • MouseInc is very compact, with a size of only about 200KB.
  • It is free, ad-free, does not scan your hard drive, and does not upload any privacy data.
  • Designed for portability, it consists of a single executable file with no runtime dependencies, requiring no installation to run.

MouseInc Features

  • Mouse gestures
  • Key echo
  • Edge scrolling
  • Enhanced copy
  • High-quality screenshots
  • Quick volume adjustment
  • Screenshot reference
  • Scroll wheel penetration
  • OCR text recognition
  • Natural scrolling

Enhanced Copy

Among the many features, some may not be necessary for everyone. For xiaoz, the mouse gestures and enhanced copy functions are the most appealing. Here, we focus on the enhanced copy feature. After selecting text and pressing Ctrl+C twice quickly, a shortcut menu pops up, allowing you to search, encode/decode Base64, generate QR codes, and more, which is very convenient (as shown below).

Important Notes

  • Some antivirus software may flag it as a virus; please consider this yourself.
  • Upon first run, it generates a MouseInc.json file, so ensure the directory is writable.

User Experience

Currently, xiaoz has replaced WGestures with MouseInc. MouseInc is green (portable), lightweight, and very convenient to use. However, gestures occasionally fail to work, and we hope the author will continue to optimize and enhance it in future versions.