Virtual Click - Incredibly Useful Utility for Tablet PC

Wed, Aug 10, 2005 @ 9:46 PM - Josh Einstein

I don't know why this isn't being talked about on Tablet PC blogs and why it has so few downloads.

Virtual Click is a utility for Tablet PC that fixes several annoying bugs with the stylus drivers that ship with most Tablet PC's. Accidental double clicks, unintentional clicks, accidental drags, all fixed by Virtual Click.

While it does have some minor issues, they are far easier to deal with than the bugs it fixes.

Overview
Clicking with stylus is actually not as comfortable as clicking with mouse. This software is an attempt to correct this a little. This software adds a small icon to your taskbar and manages clicks made with your stylus.

Click imperfections :
• Unnoticeable
• Inaccurate
• Sometimes, clicks are too short for some display to appear
• Little bug in the driver that sometimes generate two clicks instead of one

Solutions :
• Acoustic and/or visual signal indicating when click was produced
• Control of position for fast tap on the screen, and visual feed-back indicating where click was produced
• Artificially extend duration for too short click
• Avoidance of the driver’s bug

Warning: this program is an alpha version. It is fully usable, but remaining bugs may appear in some situation. Steadier version will be available soon.

To Install it:
- Unzip package anywhere on the Tablet PC
- Simply Run Virtual Click.exe
- A taskBar icon appears near the clock