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Old November 15th 18, 08:57 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
JBI
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use a
single desktop. Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors. This works to some extent, but
is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control over what
appears on each monitor? Surprisingly, I found little after googling
other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/

Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that software
to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job welcomed.

Thanks.
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Old November 15th 18, 10:09 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Ken Blake[_5_]
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:57:17 -0500, JBI wrote:

I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use a
single desktop. Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors. This works to some extent, but
is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control over what
appears on each monitor? Surprisingly, I found little after googling
other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/

Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that software
to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job welcomed.



I don't know of any such software, but let me ask why you would want
to do this. It sounds terribly inconvenient and awkward to me.
  #3  
Old November 15th 18, 10:23 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

In article ,
says...

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:57:17 -0500, JBI wrote:

I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use a
single desktop. Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors. This works to some extent, but
is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control over what
appears on each monitor? Surprisingly, I found little after googling
other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/

Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that software
to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job welcomed.



I don't know of any such software, but let me ask why you would want
to do this. It sounds terribly inconvenient and awkward to me.


I was also thinking that and I've used dual-monitors for well over a
decade now.
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Old November 15th 18, 11:48 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
J. P. Gilliver (John)[_4_]
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

In message , pjp
writes:
In article ,
says...

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:57:17 -0500, JBI wrote:

I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use a
single desktop. Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors. This works to some extent, but
is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control over what
appears on each monitor? Surprisingly, I found little after googling
other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...d-keyboard-on-
one-computer/

Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that software
to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job welcomed.



I don't know of any such software, but let me ask why you would want
to do this. It sounds terribly inconvenient and awkward to me.


I was also thinking that and I've used dual-monitors for well over a
decade now.


Maybe JBI is a lot more ambidextrous than we are!

I could see another reason: if one of the windows is something requiring
precise positioning, he may not want to lose that to do general-purpose
tasks in the other window/screen. [It could be argued that (say) a
trackball would be better than a mouse for such tasks, but having two
cursors would still be needed to avoid losing one's position.]
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Old November 16th 18, 12:20 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
JBI
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On 11/15/18 5:48 PM, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:
In message , pjp
writes:
In article ,
says...

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:57:17 -0500, JBI wrote:

I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use a
single desktop. Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors. This works to some extent, but
is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control over what
appears on each monitor? Surprisingly, I found little after googling
other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...d-keyboard-on-
one-computer/

Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that software
to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job welcomed.


I don't know of any such software, but let me ask why you would want
to do this. It sounds terribly inconvenient and awkward to me.


I was also thinking that and I've used dual-monitors for well over a
decade now.


Maybe JBI is a lot more ambidextrous than we are!

I could see another reason: if one of the windows is something requiring
precise positioning, he may not want to lose that to do general-purpose
tasks in the other window/screen. [It could be argued that (say) a
trackball would be better than a mouse for such tasks, but having two
cursors would still be needed to avoid losing one's position.]


Pretty much right. I am trying to follow some precise tutorials for a
Photoshop-like program (Affinity Photo). Having to keep moving the
mouse pointer over to the video to pause while I'm trying to select
something isn't the way to do it. In the past, I've brought out the
laptop to view the tutorials, but since moving I no longer have the same
convenience of spots to set it up.

I've often wondered how people utilize tutorial videos, especially if
it's something involving precision like what I'm doing. I've never had
good luck trying to view/ pause the video on the corner of the desktop
screen while trying to manipulate the cursor to surround an object in an
image program. The two monitor idea seems to have solved the blocking
issues I used to get (with the video blocking or interferring with what
I'm trying to see and do), but the lack of availability of the extra
mouse is going to hinder.

As I said, the first program they suggested on that site is somewhat
doing the intended task, but when I try to do certain things within the
program, there is no response. Unfortunately, the "free" version
recommended has no way to adjust any parameters and I'm sure not going
to shell out like $300 for the working version. I haven't tried the
other program they suggested as it looks like it might be too rough on
the system, but I may have to if there are no other options.

  #6  
Old November 16th 18, 01:00 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Mike
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On 11/15/2018 11:57 AM, JBI wrote:
I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use a
single desktop.Â* Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors.Â* This works to some extent, but
is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control over what
appears on each monitor?Â* Surprisingly, I found little after googling
other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/


Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of. Unfortunately,
some key apps I use become buggy when using that software to control the
mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job welcomed.

Thanks.


This seems to do what it says
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/...herMouse.shtml

Have not tried these
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/
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Old November 16th 18, 01:52 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
JBI
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On 11/15/18 7:00 PM, Mike wrote:
On 11/15/2018 11:57 AM, JBI wrote:
I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use
a single desktop.Â* Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors.Â* This works to some extent,
but is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control
over what appears on each monitor?Â* Surprisingly, I found little after
googling other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/


Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that
software to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job
welcomed.

Thanks.


This seems to do what it says
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/...herMouse.shtml


Thanks for the suggestion. I tried the portable version. Thought we
had a winner, but clicking is erratic. If I create a circle in Affinity
and hold while using the other cursor to play a video, I get sudden
extra lines at random well outside of the circle when I press play.

If I could figure out how to keep VLC media player active even when
switching back to Affinity, then I could just use the space bar to pause
the video and forget the extra mouse entirely. However, once I start
working within Affinity, space pause function of VLC is lost.



Have not tried these
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/


  #8  
Old November 16th 18, 03:06 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Mike
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On 11/15/2018 4:52 PM, JBI wrote:
On 11/15/18 7:00 PM, Mike wrote:
On 11/15/2018 11:57 AM, JBI wrote:
I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use
a single desktop.Â* Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors.Â* This works to some extent,
but is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control
over what appears on each monitor?Â* Surprisingly, I found little
after googling other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/


Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that
software to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job
welcomed.

Thanks.


This seems to do what it says
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/...herMouse.shtml


Thanks for the suggestion.Â* I tried the portable version.Â* Thought we
had a winner, but clicking is erratic.Â* If I create a circle in Affinity
and hold while using the other cursor to play a video, I get sudden
extra lines at random well outside of the circle when I press play.


Experiments suggested that you really don't have two active mice.
You get one active mouse at a time. Clicking on one disables the other one.

If I could figure out how to keep VLC media player active even when
switching back to Affinity, then I could just use the space bar to pause
the video and forget the extra mouse entirely.Â* However, once I start
working within Affinity, space pause function of VLC is lost.

I think the keyboard always follows the active window. I doubt
you can do what you want without intercepting the keyboard interface.
Back in the day, you could write a background program to scan
the serial or parallel ports and respond to a switch closure.
Those ports are mostly gone these days. The Logitech setpoint
software lets you assign functions to the mouse/keyboard.
Maybe something in there could be used.

Don't have nearly enough info to tell what you're doin, but I'll just
throw this out.
I have a problem with vlc switching on the SAP audio channel randomly.
I tried to create a script to let me turn it off, but I had to resort to
Visual basic.
You can use sendkeys to send a key to VLC. Problem is that VLC window
title is different with different source media and seemingly every version.
When I click my icon, it delays 2 seconds before issuing the sendkeys
command to the active window.
That gives me two seconds to click on the vlc window to make it the
active one.

I'm not proficient with powershell, but I suspect that could do the same
thing.

Crude, but effective VB6.
' VLC uses "b" to switch between audio channels.
' This program sends a "b" to the ACTIVE window.
' Click the icon to start the program
' You have two seconds to click the VLC window to activate
' it so it can receive the keystroke corresponding to
' pressing the "b" key.
' Program terminates after two seconds.
' Would be nice to have the program reactivate the VLC
' window, but the title bar changes depending on the version
' of VLC and the media selected.


Private Sub Form_Load() 'set visible to false
Sleep 2000 'need time to focus desired window to receive keystroke
SendKeys "b", True ' Send "b" to active window works with notepad
Unload Me
End Sub


But that still won't help if you need to hold the mouse click
while you do it.

Have not tried these
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/



  #9  
Old November 16th 18, 03:28 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
JBI
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On 11/15/18 9:06 PM, Mike wrote:
On 11/15/2018 4:52 PM, JBI wrote:
On 11/15/18 7:00 PM, Mike wrote:
On 11/15/2018 11:57 AM, JBI wrote:
I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that
use a single desktop.Â* Apparently, the standard configuration is to
use a single mouse to scroll between monitors.Â* This works to some
extent, but is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having
control over what appears on each monitor?Â* Surprisingly, I found
little after googling other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/


Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that
software to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job
welcomed.

Thanks.

This seems to do what it says
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/...herMouse.shtml


Thanks for the suggestion.Â* I tried the portable version.Â* Thought we
had a winner, but clicking is erratic.Â* If I create a circle in
Affinity and hold while using the other cursor to play a video, I get
sudden extra lines at random well outside of the circle when I press
play.


Experiments suggested that you really don't have two active mice.
You get one active mouse at a time.Â* Clicking on one disables the other
one.

If I could figure out how to keep VLC media player active even when
switching back to Affinity, then I could just use the space bar to
pause the video and forget the extra mouse entirely.Â* However, once I
start working within Affinity, space pause function of VLC is lost.

I think the keyboard always follows the active window.Â* I doubt
you can do whatÂ* you want without intercepting the keyboard interface.
Back in the day,Â* you could write a background program to scan
the serial or parallel ports and respond to a switch closure.
Those ports are mostly gone these days.Â* The Logitech setpoint
software lets you assign functions to the mouse/keyboard.
Maybe something in there could be used.

Don't have nearly enough info to tell what you're doin, but I'll just
throw this out.
I have a problem with vlc switching on the SAP audio channel randomly.
I tried to create a script to let me turn it off, but I had to resort to
Visual basic.
You can use sendkeys to send a key to VLC.Â* Problem is that VLC window
title is different with different source media and seemingly every version.
When I click my icon, it delays 2 seconds before issuing the sendkeys
command to the active window.
That gives me two seconds to click on the vlc window to make it the
active one.

I'm not proficient with powershell, but I suspect that could do the same
thing.

Crude, but effective VB6.
' VLC uses "b" to switch between audio channels.
' This program sends a "b" to the ACTIVE window.
' Click the icon to start the program
' You have two seconds to click the VLC window to activate
' it so it can receive the keystroke corresponding to
' pressing the "b" key.
' Program terminates after two seconds.
' Would be nice to have the program reactivate the VLC
' window, but the title bar changes depending on the version
' of VLC and the media selected.


Private Sub Form_Load()Â*Â*Â*Â* 'set visible to false
Sleep 2000Â* 'need time to focus desired window to receive keystroke
Â*SendKeys "b", TrueÂ*Â* ' Send "b" to active window works with notepad
Â*Unload Me
End Sub


But that still won't help if you need to hold the mouse click
while you do it.


It's ok, thanks for trying to help. Out of the two programs tried, the
first one (Teamplayer) actually seemed on the right track until I ran
into program specific issues and erratic mouse behavior.

I'm really surprised that this wasn't a much more common request and
therefore more software available, but I guess I was asking to do
something uncommon. For now, after some practice, I think I can just
keep moving the mouse cursor over to the added screen and manually
start/ stop the video while each time coming back and trying to emulate
the step(s) shown in the program. Just having the benefit of the added
screen will be a big help as I wasn't really even aware of this feature
until today. And it appears to be working fine with Ubuntu too (which I
am on now).



Have not tried these
https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/




  #10  
Old November 16th 18, 05:30 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Gene Wirchenko[_2_]
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:57:17 -0500, JBI wrote:

I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use a
single desktop. Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors. This works to some extent, but
is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control over what
appears on each monitor? Surprisingly, I found little after googling
other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/

Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that software
to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job welcomed.


I remember a lab assignment on my computing diploma which was to
hook up multiple mousies to one computer. My partner and I managed to
hook up four. According to my instructor, someone once managed six.
All of the mousies controlled the mouse pointer. We did not get into
configuring each mouse driver differently; I do not even know if it
was/is possible.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko
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Old November 16th 18, 05:54 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
Paul[_32_]
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

JBI wrote:
On 11/15/18 7:00 PM, Mike wrote:
On 11/15/2018 11:57 AM, JBI wrote:
I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use
a single desktop. Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors. This works to some extent,
but is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control
over what appears on each monitor? Surprisingly, I found little
after googling other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/


Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that
software to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job
welcomed.

Thanks.


This seems to do what it says
https://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/...herMouse.shtml


Thanks for the suggestion. I tried the portable version. Thought we
had a winner, but clicking is erratic. If I create a circle in Affinity
and hold while using the other cursor to play a video, I get sudden
extra lines at random well outside of the circle when I press play.

If I could figure out how to keep VLC media player active even when
switching back to Affinity, then I could just use the space bar to pause
the video and forget the extra mouse entirely. However, once I start
working within Affinity, space pause function of VLC is lost.


What about using alt-tab to switch to another window ?
Would that work ?

Paul
  #12  
Old November 16th 18, 08:51 AM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

Il giorno Fri 16 Nov 2018 12:20:09a, *JBI* ha inviato su
alt.windows7.general il messaggio news cosa ha scritto:

I've often wondered how people utilize tutorial videos, especially if
it's something involving precision like what I'm doing.


play... pause... play... pause...
I do this when I unassemble laptops

--
/-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ /\/\ /\/\ /-\ T /-\
-=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- -=- - -=-
http://www.bb2002.it

............ [ al lavoro ] ...........
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Old November 16th 18, 03:49 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
Ken Blake[_5_]
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 20:30:37 -0800, Gene Wirchenko
wrote:

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 14:57:17 -0500, JBI wrote:

I've recently begun using two monitors on my Win 10/7 setups that use a
single desktop. Apparently, the standard configuration is to use a
single mouse to scroll between monitors. This works to some extent, but
is it possible to use two mice, with each mouse having control over what
appears on each monitor? Surprisingly, I found little after googling
other than this:

https://www.raymond.cc/blog/install-...-one-computer/

Tried the software suggested there and it works, sort of.
Unfortunately, some key apps I use become buggy when using that software
to control the mice.

Any suggestions for a free equivalent that would do a better job welcomed.


I remember a lab assignment on my computing diploma which was to
hook up multiple mousies to one computer. My partner and I managed to
hook up four. According to my instructor, someone once managed six.
All of the mousies controlled the mouse pointer. We did not get into
configuring each mouse driver differently; I do not even know if it
was/is possible.



I have zero interest in doing this, but just out of curiosity, if you
plugged a different brand of mouse into each USB port, since each
would have its own driver, might they not all work?
  #14  
Old November 16th 18, 04:48 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

In message , Ken Blake
writes:
[]
I have zero interest in doing this, but just out of curiosity, if you
plugged a different brand of mouse into each USB port, since each
would have its own driver, might they not all work?


I have had more than one pointing device working - under XP though not 7
(though that could be a hardware/driver matter rather than a difference
between XP and 7, as I'm on a different machine), the touchpad and an
external mouse both worked. I think two mice will too. However, they
work thus: movement of either moves _the_ mouse pointer. What the OP
wanted was _two_ on-screen mouse pointers, each controlled by its own
mouse.
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  #15  
Old November 16th 18, 05:23 PM posted to alt.windows7.general
arlen michael holder
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Default two mice, one for each monitor hooked to one desktop?

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:20:09 -0500, JBI wrote:

I am trying to follow some precise tutorials for a
Photoshop-like program (Affinity Photo). Having to keep moving the
mouse pointer over to the video to pause while I'm trying to select
something isn't the way to do it.


Interesting!
I'm at this very moment doing tutorial videos with dual monitors!
https://comp.mobile.android.narkive.com/0dR8Lodl/report-my-first-hello-world-using-android-studio-freeware-on-windows-worked-just-fine-in-about-an

I can't help you with the solution since I didn't think of dualing mice,
but, I can certainly commiserate with you on the need to change the focus
without doing so accidentally.

The problem is, of course, both FOCUS & REAL ESTATE.
o A tutorial, especially one involving coding, requires a LARGE SCREEN
o That's because most tutorials suck, and you have to zoom in to see what
they typed or what button they hit
o And, since most tutorials suck, you have to go back and forth because
they skip saying what they did or what specific line in a selection box
they hit.
o And, you're not only going back and forth in the tutorial, but on the
screen in your complex program, you're flipping back and forth between the
tutorial and the program, which requires switching of the mouse focus.
o And yet, one false move, in complex software, and different things happen
(ask me how I know).

How do you solve teh problem of "FOCUS" and "REAL ESTATE".
o Buy a bigger monitor

Of course, that's not feasible just to run a tutorial, so, to get a "bigger
monitor I tried tablets and dual old existing monitors:
1. The advantage of tablets is they're not dependent on the mouse focus
2. The advantage of monitors is they're generally larger than tablets

With complex software environments (such as the Android IDE), the _only_
viable type of tutorial is video (text/pic tutorials are _never_ detailed
enough to hit the buttons except on simple software environments).

And yes, when you want to stop the video, you have to make sure you don't
hit the click when your "focus" is in the wrong monitor.

So, having one mouse per monitor WOULD be a boon, in that situation!
(I would use only one hand though - and just switch mice.)

I've often wondered how people utilize tutorial videos, especially if
it's something involving precision like what I'm doing.


I fully comprehend the "precision" aspect. One false move, and you have to
start all over again. One click too many, or too few, and the next step is
like waking up in the morning after the beer goggles wore off.

What I did, before I got the second monitor, was put the videos into a text
file, like this (these are the first 4 of about 30 actual videos):
https://youtu.be/dFlPARW5IX8
https://youtu.be/6ow3L39Wxmg
https://youtu.be/rdGpT1pIJlw
https://youtu.be/bu5Y3uZ6LLM
And then, on Windows, I ran this command to download them:
youtube-dl.exe --verbose -ciwo "%(title)s.%(ext)s" -a url.txt

That downloads the videos, so that I could then boot to Ubuntu 18.04
which treats an iPad connected by USB as a "usb stick" (of sorts), and
which reads the Windows file system simultaneously and perfectly even
though Windows isn't even booted when Ubuntu is booted.

Then I simply slid the 30 videos over USB from the Windows file system over
to the iOS file system, into the VLC or iOS video player "private space",
and then I could watch the videos on the iPad. (If your tablet is Android,
then it's a billion times easier as you can skip the Ubuntu stuff and just
slide the videos anywhere you want anytime you want.)

The two monitor idea seems to have solved the blocking
issues I used to get (with the video blocking or interferring with what
I'm trying to see and do), but the lack of availability of the extra
mouse is going to hinder.


I ditched the iPad for the two monitors, so I definitely agree with you.
My main problem, since I'm new to two monitors, is that things "pop up" on
only one monitor, where I haven't established a convention yet, e.g.,
o Browsers go in the left monitor
o File managers go in the right monitor
o Videos go with the file managers
o The complex editing program goes with the browsers
etc.

I haven't tried the
other program they suggested as it looks like it might be too rough on
the system, but I may have to if there are no other options.


Please do keep us updated on your progress as the problem you speak of, of
the "focus" of the mouse being not always obvious, and hence errors occur,
is a real problem when you watch videos on one monitor that you have to
constantly (and I mean constantly) pause and position ... while you're
doing a very complex sequence in the other monitor at the same time!

BTW, if you have an Android tablet, then the NewPipe utility is, IMHO, the
finest example of free open source software on the planet for mobile
devices. It basically replaces YouTube Red for free, and then adds stuff to
make it a YouTube Red clone, for free. (It downloads the videos easily, and
subscribes without logging in, and searches and plays everything, and never
, never never never never never never never never never never never never
never never never never ... shows any advertisements whatsoever.

Once you've used NewPipe to watch the tutorials, you'll never want to use
the YouTube app or a browser ever again, since they're primitive in
comparison (IMHO).
https://newpipe.schabi.org/
https://f-droid.org/de/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
https://fossdroid.com/a/newpipe.html
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/
etc.

1. The advantage of tablets is they're not dependent on the mouse focus
2. The advantage of monitors is they're generally larger than tablets

It's all about REAL ESTATE & FOCUS.

Good luck with your tutorials on complex software with dual monitors!
 




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