Snap Layouts is one of Windows’ most powerful multitasking features, and using it with your mouse is both fast and intuitive.

Sitting in front of a computer all day isn’t exactly what the firmware between our ears was tuned to do. We’re supposed to be hunting and gathering, not hunting and pecking. So anything that makes the ...

Having get used to the way Mac OS handles mouse wheel scrolling, I was wondering if there is the same functionality in Windows: In Mac OS, when you scroll with the mouse wheel, the window your mouse ...

Scroll wheels are one of the greatest additions to the mouse since a second button, but they aren't always great for scrolling long pages or for long periods of time. Instead, this DIY, hand-sized ...

I'm running several development environments in VMware Workstation 9. In each and every one of them, the mouse scroll wheel will make the entire virtual machine useless. If I use the scroll wheel in a ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Logitech’s MX Master mice have long been some of the best money could buy. And now it’s back with the ...

After the mouse itself, the mousewheel is the single greatest navigation tool ever invented. Mine is spinning constantly, especially in https://www.pcworld.com/tags ...

Microsoft Outlook uses your PC's default mouse settings. Depending on the brand of mouse you use, these defaults aren't always ideal, leading to unwanted scrolling in the program. If the default ...

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Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is an editor covering deals and gaming hardware. He joined in 2018, and after a two-year stint at Polygon, he ...