IntelliPoint

IntelliPoint
Developer(s) Microsoft
Last release
8.2 (Win), 8.2 (v.305) (Mac OS X) / November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11) (Mac OS X)[1]
Operating system Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows
Type Device driver
License Proprietary
Website www.microsoft.com

Microsoft IntelliPoint is the Microsoft-branded software driver for the company's hardware mice. Microsoft has released versions for both Windows and Mac OS X. It has been succeeded by Microsoft Mouse and Keyboard Center, which combines IntelliType with IntelliPoint.

Features

Software features may only be available with certain mice models. (Button options are specific to the selected model.) On Mac OS X 10.4-10.7.x, IntelliPoint features can be accessed by opening Microsoft Mouse in System Preferences.[2]

Depending on the software version and specific mouse product, users can define mouse buttons to run any executable program or file they desire (or a control key + letter combination) and can even define buttons for different functions in chosen programs.

With IntelliPoint 4, users were able to specify mouse wheel behavior to scroll one screen at a time. This feature was useful in situations where the user had to work with windows of varying size and a fixed scroll rate alternated from being too fast or too slow depending on each window. This feature was incorporated into the Windows XP operating system[3] and removed in IntelliPoint 5. The "Alt+Tab" button combination was also replaced with "Next Window," effectively preventing users from alternating between specific programs, and instead having to cycle through one by one (although this can be hacked back in the registry[4]).

Supported mice

IntelliPoint supports all known Microsoft mice, as well as generic 3/5-button mice.

IntelliPoint's help file

Note: Version 8.0 and above dropped PS/2 support for the following list. As even adapters cannot assist, Microsoft keeps version 7.1 as an offered download for users who still own mice with PS/2 connectors (instead of USB).[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Download Microsoft Mouse for Mac - Drivers and software for Microsoft mice and trackballs (was IntelliPoint)". MacUpdate. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  2. ↑ Microsoft (2011). Microsoft IntelliPoint and IntelliType Pro 8.2 Software for Macintosh (Microsoft-Mouse_d305.pdf) (ReadMe ed.).
  3. ↑ "Customize your mouse settings: Windows XP". Microsoft.
  4. ↑ "How to hack custom keystrokes in intellipoint [sic]". TerraVirtua. 2006-02-15.
  5. ↑ "Microsoft IntelliPoint 8.0 Mouse Software 32bit - Overview". Microsoft. 2010-08-24. Retrieved 2010-10-14.
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