http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3655 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: WireKeys vs Comfort Keys en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 08:13:09 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3655#post-39409 Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:38:43 +0000 Bigun 39409@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Note I don't think I've ever seen how to table that compares the various macro or automated programs.</p> <p>That's an idea -I will take a look and see if I can find one. I used to have a whole directory filled with this type of program. I took a quick look and couldn't find it. I wonder what I named that directory?</p> <p>If I can find it in a reasonable amount of time I will leave a note. I think I had 8 to 10 free programs in that directory. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3655#post-39217 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:38:24 +0000 gonzo 39217@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bigun, many thanks for your comparisons and thoughts. Have you ever spotted a table showing the various features, or lack of, for MouseRobot, Direct Accesss, and other such programs, such as the freeware AutoIt? </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3655#post-39152 Thu, 31 Jul 2008 05:51:19 +0000 Bigun 39152@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I am using "Nagarsoft Direct Access" that was a download from GOTD a while back. I have used several different macro writing programs over the years but I would always abandon them. Not so with Direct Access. I use it a couple of dozen times a day.</p> <p>I can program what ever command (or type of command: launch program, open file, type text, etc)I want in less than a minute. </p> <p>I can't say enough praise for the program. The ONLY fault that I find is that it will not tell you if you have used the same letter combination before.</p> <p>Direct Access is not a hot-key program. I use a three letter combination for most commands. I use the program so much that I have not found myself forgetting the correct letter sequence. I can look anything I need up in the program (like a letter sequence)in about 3 seconds. Everything about this program is fast.</p> <p>I am finding WireKeys getting complicated. It just does not have the smooth and quick performance that Direct Access does. Wirekeys does more things than Direct Access but most of those things I rarely use.</p> <p>When I first started using Wirekeys I thought that I would buy it should it crash. I would not be so quick to do that now.</p> <p>I have "MouseRobot" (another GOTD download) that you can make do everything and anything - mouse movements and all. It records what you do with the mouse not how you do it by tracing your actions - it is different than other mouse oriented programs though I didn't explain it well. It is not all mouse directed. You can have hot-keys, letter sequence shortcuts and more. But it too can get complicated.</p> <p>All three programs are useful to me. Direct Access is almost indispensable. It comes out on top because everything about it is fast and easy. I use it almost as much as I use spell check. It seems that Iam using spell check every few words so Direct Access is used a lot.</p> <p>Check out a trial on a few of the programs. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3655#post-39079 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:22:55 +0000 gonzo 39079@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Here's my situation. Comfort Keys was one of the first programs I downloaded from GAOTD. When I first installed Comfort Keys last year I only tried it out a little bit, mostly with the onscreen keyboard. After I installed WireKeys I went back to look at Comfort Keys and found a nasty message that I only had 30 minutes left before it expired. I couldn't find any evidence I had registered it, so maybe I screwed up when going through the registration process. I decided to uninstall Comfort Keys, as it was essentially crippled if that 30 minute (yes, minutes) threat was serious.</p> <p>Before I start writing a truckload of macros tied to a specific program, I want to know if I'm riding the right horse. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3655#post-39019 Mon, 28 Jul 2008 21:25:24 +0000 Bigun 39019@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>My comment does not directly address your question, but maybe my comment may help you some. When I first installed WireKeys it appeared to be a very simplistic utility. I have seen so many of these I am not even sure why I bothered to download the program. I played with it for just a short period of time and was ready to uninstall it but thought I would check the company's website first. I was in for a pleasant surprise. WireKeys seems to have multiple plug-ins and macros not hinted at when the program is first installed. I think the only reason that I downloaded WireKeys was that one of the comments indicated that it was a complex program. And so it is.</p> <p>I remember ComfortKeys but very little. It's possible I still have that program installed somewhere on a computer and I too would be interested in knowing how the two programs compare.</p> <p>In your post, you did not indicate whether or not you have Comfortkeys operational. Do you have any observations concerning the two programs?</p> <p>Bigun </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/3655#post-38927 Sat, 26 Jul 2008 16:48:18 +0000 gonzo 38927@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'd appreciate comments from anyone who has tried out an earlier GAOTD offering called Comfort Keys, as well as the 7/26/08 GAOTD item, WireKeys.</p> <p>Are there any noticeable differences in the two products? Which one do you think is best overall? </p>