Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick)

Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick)

This is an offline Google Chrome extention. This is extension will highlight your mouse cursor and your mouse clicks.

What is Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick)?
'Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick)' is a Google Chrome extension designed to enhance clarity during screencast recordings and online presentations. By highlighting the mouse cursor and clicking locations, this tool enhances viewers' ability to follow cursor movements. Affordable and accessible, mClick can be a crucial addition to your screen recording software, including ShareX and LICEcap. With easy toggling on and off, mClick offers a seamless experience facilitating comprehension in your audience.
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Stats
Users: 6,000+
Rating: 2.40 (78)
Version: 0.4.6.4 (Last updated: 2016-07-29)
Creation date: 2016-07-28
Risk impact: Moderate risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • <all_urls>
  • storage
Size: 135.17K
URLs: Website
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Summary

IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE INSTALLING: To use this extension for the first time, you must right-click the options and press the "Save" or "Reset" button. After that you can left click the icon to toggle the extension on or off.

Use this Chrome extension for the following:

  • While doing a screencast recording, this will clearly show where your mouse cursor is and where you click on the page. This can be useful for doing webapp tutorials.
  • While doing an online presentation, this can help so that your audience can clearly see where your mouse cursor is.
  • If you use Chromecast, this can highlight your mouse cursor to make it easier to spot.

Note: My favorite software for for recording gif screencasts is ShareX (https://getsharex.com/) for Windows and LICEcap (http://www.cockos.com/licecap/) for Linux (must use Wine to install LICEcap in Linux).

User reviews
User reviews summary
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Pros
  • Works with Chrome 93
  • Free app
  • Small amount of customization abilities
Cons
  • Doesn't work for some users
  • Doesn't stay on with the latest release
  • Doesn't work on Mac
Most mentioned
  • Not working
  • Followed instructions
  • Doesn't work
Recent reviews
Great idea - but doesn't work. Even if I follow the instructions.
by Matthias Reinartz Matthias Reinartz, 2023-08-04

didn't work
by first user first user, 2022-06-27

as others have said it doesn't work (save pressed as instructed)
by Dennis Bareis Dennis Bareis, 2021-12-07
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Safety
Risk impact

Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick) may not be safe to use and it requires some risky permissions. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing.

Risk likelihood

Mouse Click Highlighter (mClick) has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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