You mentioned Plannet Crafters in your latest Windows Daily. I've been
using one of their tools, “Flywheel,” for years! It's a little tool that
gives extra features to mice with scroll wheels. Even with the latest
version of MS IntelliPoint software installed, Flywheel still adds
enhancements that the IntelliPoint software doesn't provide – it's
indispensible! I find it funny that even though Plannet Crafters have
disappeared and obviously long stopped developing this program, it's still a
very valid and useful tool and has yet to be made redundant by the
IntelliPoint software. It's been constantly installed on my PC as my PC has
migrated from Win95 to Win98 to Win2k and now to WinXP – and it [still] works fine!

I seem to remember when the Plannet Crafters website announced that they
were no longer developing or supporting Flywheel, and they actually offered
a free registration code on their site for users to grab, so that Flywheel
could then be used as freeware instead of shareware (without the nag
screen) – very decent of them! It's a shame they did disappear and weren't
able to keep developing it further and adding even more features – although
having said that, I'd consider the software to be pretty much 100% complete
as it is – it's not buggy and has all the necessary features to make it
useful. I've yet to find an alternative mouse utility that is comparible! [Jeremy Fairbrass]