Mouseless - Lightning-fast mouse control with the keyboard

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Just came across Mouseless and tried it immediately. It is a keyboard-first cursor control tool that lets you click anywhere on the screen without reaching for a mouse.

First impression is that it works better than expected. The interaction feels fast and precise.

It is useful for keeping hands on the keyboard while still navigating the system, and it also feels practical for situations where using a mouse is inconvenient.

I am sharing this because this genuinely surprised me.

That said, between i3wm shortcuts on XFCE and TrackPoint on my laptop I think my mouse usage is already very low. I’m also skeptical about becoming hooked on something like this. The better it works the more I’ll want or need to use it. :slightly_smiling_face:

Curious if anyone else has tried it? If not, what is your impression after giving it a go?

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Gotta try it… I’m used to try to handle everything with the keyboard, sometimes it seems easier, sometimes it seems faster. Been doin’ it for decades, as much as I can using the keyboard.

I’ll check it out. Thanks.

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In the video I know he’s using a similar keyboard format to some members here like @unixdude

There was a share-your-keyboard type topic a while back. Ah this one:

My thing about Mouseless is muscle memory. It happened to me with WM keyboard shortcuts and now I have to setup those shortcuts even on full DE like XFCE on both desktop and laptop.

Am I going to eventually start reflex-typing these mouseless key strokes when I’m on laptop where trackpoint use is an already less expensive movement than using a regular mouse or touchpad. :thinking:

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Looks interesting but it also looks dangerous to me:

Software that controls keyboard and mouse is software that potentially sees and controls everything you do on your computer, including passwords you type etc. Since it is closed-source rentware that phones home, the liability is for me unacceptable.

Since it phones home (license check), it’s bye bye software when the company goes belly-up. I’ve seen that way too much to be comfortable with.

It is really a pity that they chose to licence it this way. A definite no-go for me. :frowning:

On the bright side, there is also this:

Which is open-source and in public domain. :slight_smile:

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Thanks for raising that, privacy and security.

Agreed. This would have been a great opportunity to allow users to really help shape and improve.

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I’d like to complement the topic, if you please. There is alternative and/or rival of mouseless, namely:

And, finally, Mate DE natively allows control mouse pointer using keyboard with no optimisation, I’m afraid:

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