wondering about MIniScroller

[t lewis]

Is there someplace here at GMB that MiniScroller could reside? Im not associated with it in any way, except insofar as it has made my tableteering life tons more enjoyable.

As you guys probably know, it's a free, dinky blue utility that floats onscreen and gives you cursor control, "home" and "end", "page-down" and "page-up"...and shft, alt and ctrl modifiers.

It was written by a heroic TabletpcBuzz member (now forgotten by me, sorry, heroic TabletpcBuzz member). It was hosted on that site and, as far as I can google, its availablity evaporated with the Buzz. Over the years, I and others have referred many users to it, spreading joy far and wide.

Seems a shame to lose it.

Just wondering...
t

[Rob Bushway]

hmm... that is actually the first I've heard of MiniScroller. I will see what we can find.

[WNewquay]

The user was Micah (eightyfiv)

Link is now working

Posted-Jun 07 2005: 01:15:17 AM

Hey, folks. Sorry for the long delay.

I finally had some time to fool with MiniScroller again (and, I finally got my digitizer fixed!). I changed the color scheme of the shift/control/alt buttons to make them more visible when depressed, and I also added a "minimize to system tray" option you can enable or disable from the right-click menu (enabled by default). When this option's enabled, hitting the 'X' button hides the MiniScroller panel and instead adds an icon to the system tray area. Double-clicking the icon quickly restores the MiniScroller panel. To actually shut it down, right click and choose the 'exit' option.
(Do you folks think the icon should be visible all the time, rather than visible only when the panel is hidden?)


Download MiniScroller: miniscroller.22.zip
15.38KB


On my agenda for the near future is a simple customizable button whose function you can pick (I'd like to add space and delete buttons, and maybe others, but there's only so much room... so I figured the next best thing was a custom button), shift/control/alt functionality from the system tray icon alone, and a webpage where you can actually find the program!

Let me know what you think or anything else simple you'd like added. Also send me an email if you'd like to fool around with the C# source code.

Happy scrolling!
--Micah

Edited by: WNewquay

[Rob Bushway]

Thanks to a GBM supporter sending me the file.

You can download MiniScroller here
uploads/20061011_154441_20056711032_min.zipEdited by: Rob Bushway

[t lewis]

Fantastic...It's a neat little utility, Rob...it very simply addresses much of missing-keyboard-phobia that faces new tablet owners.

Thanks!
t

[Rob Bushway]

After trying it out for a bit today, I have to agree with . I'm loving it...I might even do an InkShow on it

[WNewquay]

Please as Dennis to install it on the eo i7210 and tell us what he thinks.

[The Old Man]

This doesn't work for me. I get a Microsoft .NET Framework error claiming that an unhandle exception has occurred. Is just me or are others suffering from this?

[Rob Bushway]

works great for me. I wonder if it requires .net 2.0?

[The Old Man]

.Net 2.0 here.