I'll give it a look. I'm not necessarily interested in a more powerful utility, just something with the elegance of Enso with some slight tweaks. But I'll try out ActiveWords and see if it fits my needs.
John
· 2 years ago
I watched the demo videos and I'm not impressed with ActiveWords at all. Buzz, if you honestly think your programs have the same audience, you're sorely mistaken. Enso is elegant and straightforward. ActiveWords is straightforward and maybe more powerful, but in my opinion, unnecessarily so. Enso : Mac :: ActiveWords : PC is the best way I can describe it.
Ryan
· 2 years ago
John, I believe that you can turn the sticky keys on in a configuration file to have it stay that way. I may be wrong, but look into it.
As a developer with a design background, I find Enso to be invaluable. I downloaded the free trial, and when it ran out, I lasted only one day before getting so fed up with it no longer being available before buying it.
Take a bit of time to remove some of the automatically assigned commands. Possibly even remove some that are named in too verbose a manner such as Microsoft Office Word 2003, and re-learn them as a shorter command such as Word. This helps Enso behave more predictably when auto-completing command names. (I wish control panel and system actions could be unlearned)
John
· 2 years ago
Hi Ryan...I wrote this post before they enabled sticky keys. I tried using it with sticky keys too and it still didn't work for me (see http://john-sheehan.com/blog/index.php/enso-rev...). Not saying its a bad product, just not for me.
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As a developer with a design background, I find Enso to be invaluable. I downloaded the free trial, and when it ran out, I lasted only one day before getting so fed up with it no longer being available before buying it.
Take a bit of time to remove some of the automatically assigned commands. Possibly even remove some that are named in too verbose a manner such as Microsoft Office Word 2003, and re-learn them as a shorter command such as Word. This helps Enso behave more predictably when auto-completing command names. (I wish control panel and system actions could be unlearned)