AUTOMATIC MOUSE MOVER WINDOWS

This program is targeted for Microsoft Windows (sorry OSX users) but also runs fine in Wine if you need to run it on Linux.Īs I have been a Linux user for over a decade now, I wrote this to be built with MinGW for Windows.

I decided it was probably best to write a simple program to do this without any input from the physical world. You could opt for a low tech solution, like a widget to wiggle your mouse (or press a key on your keyboard) from time to time. However, you could be browsing Facebook looking at cat pictures instead, or other non-work activities, and if that flies, I think you should probably be allowed to go into the kitchen to make a tasty snack without the corporate panopticon realizing you’re not “Active.”įortunately this invasive spying monitoring is pretty easy to fool. This is decently effective, since you have to be moving your mouse and/or typing to remain active, which nominally ensures you are at your work computer. I was commissioned to solve a critical problem during the Covid-19 pandemic: staying active on Slack / Microsoft Teams / etc while not actually at your computer.Īpparently some workplaces monitor your work-from-home habits based entirely on whether your status on these messaging applications is “Active.”

Automatic mouse mover