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title: "Utilities and apps to look at"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/6/10/utilities-and-apps-to-look-at.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/6/10/utilities-and-apps-to-look-at.html"
published: "2007-06-10T12:38:39"
updated: "2007-06-10T12:38:39"
tags: ["Cool Tools"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "List of apps I'd like to remember, courtesy of DonationCoder's lively forums Toddler Keys - Makes your keyboard \"child friendly\" LaunchBar Commander Dialog Extender Utilities : Already found my favorite, and bought it…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Utilities and apps to look at

By Roy Osherove June 10, 2007 In [Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

**Historical article** · Originally published June 10, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

List of apps I'd like to remember, courtesy of [DonationCoder's lively forums](http://www.donationcoder.com/Forums/bb/index.php)

[Toddler Keys](http://tk.ms11.net/) - Makes your keyboard "child friendly"

[LaunchBar Commander](http://www.donationcoder.com/Software/Mouser/LaunchBarCommander/index.html)

[Dialog Extender Utilities](http://www.donationcoder.com/Reviews/Archive/DialogExtenders/index.html) : Already found my favorite, and bought it already: [Direct Folders is awesome](http://www.directfolders.com/).

[AllSnap](http://ca.geocities.com/[email%20removed]/) - make all windows snap

[KatMouse](http://www.code-scout.net/katmouse/) - Mouse wheel enhancement

[AutoHotKey](http://www.autohotkey.com/) - free, open-source utility to automate keystokes and shortcut manager

[WhatPulse](http://whatpulse.org/) - Measures your clicks and keystrokes (I'm planning the same idea, but different for [Keyboard Jedi](http://weblogs.asp.net/rosherove/archive/2007/06/03/train-to-be-a-keyboard-master-with-keyboard-jedi.aspx))

## More in Cool Tools

[All posts in Cool Tools](https://osherove.com/blog/category/cool-tools)

- Jun 12, 2007

    ### [Real time data on your blog pages visitors](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/6/12/real-time-data-on-your-blog-pages-visitors.html)

- Jun 10, 2007

    ### [Tips for Testable code and for testing legacy code](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/6/10/tips-for-testable-code-and-for-testing-legacy-code.html)

- Jun 3, 2007

    ### [Train to be a Keyboard Master with Keyboard Jedi](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/6/3/train-to-be-a-keyboard-master-with-keyboard-jedi.html)

- May 19, 2007

    ### [Easier Winform UI Thread Safe Methods with DynamicProxy2 and Osherove.SimpleInterception](https://osherove.com/blog/2007/5/19/easier-winform-ui-thread-safe-methods-with-dynamicproxy2-and.html)


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## About the author

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