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Mouse Without Borders: An Elegant Solution to a Problem Hardly Anyone Has

by Max Eddy | 5:32 pm, September 12th, 2011

How many of you are sick of having a separate mouse and keyboard for each of the four computers you have running simultaneously? Me neither. But, if you do, then Truong Do’s Mouse without Borders will likely be the best thing you read about today.

The project is the latest to sneak out of Microsoft’s Garage, a program that gives MS employees the chance to develop hobby projects on the side. In this case, Do wanted something that would streamline his workflow across multiple computers. His solution uses a Wi-Fi network to link up to four computers together, allowing a single keyboard and mouse to function for each. What’s more, Mouse without Borders lets users drag and drop or cut and paste between computers with such ease you’d think they were just four monitors instead of four computers.

Though only a few people will be able to really reap the benefits of Mouse Without Borders, it really is a clever and well executed solution to a tricky problem. Read on below for a video of the software in action, and a little bit of the story behind the man who created it.

(via Engadget)

  • Dogmeat

    Or you could just go and use Synergy which has been doing this for years…

  • Talesin BatBat

    <3 Synergy, but doesn't have drag and drop, shared clipboard, and the synchronized lock doesn't work all that well. Looks like this could be interesting… much moreso if they come up with/include a Linux client.
    Easier setup and stable performance is just a plus, the big bonus are those drag-and-drop capabilities. Was waiting on Synergy to get those for quite a while before it went (more or less) defunct as far as further development.

  • http://twitter.com/CPngN Chris

    Uh, when I had Synergy connected between 2 Windows PCs and a Mac, I had copy/paste working just fine.  You just have to find the right Synergy build/mod.  Drag and drop between systems implies lots of magic behind the scenes (perhaps just a file copy, perhaps more depending on what you’re trying to magically drag over and recreate on the other computer).

  • http://www.facebook.com/dwwest Derek W. West

    My Mouse without borders stopped working.


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