Some Frequently Asked Questions
About PawSense

A: If you carefully measure cat paws, you will find that practically all cat paws are significantly larger than a typical keyboard key. When a cat first places its paw down, the cat's weight plus the momentum of the cat's movement exerts pounds of force on the keyboard, primarily through the cat's paw pads. The cat's paw angles and toe positions also undergo complex changes while the paw lands on the keyboard. This forces keys and often key combinations down in a distinctive style of typing which includes unusual timing patterns. Cats' patterns of overall movement in walking or lying down also help make their typing more recognizable.

A: PawSense detects and blocks cat typing in Windows 10's "Desktop" mode, which is the traditional mode that doesn't look like a cell phone or tablet. (Desktop mode looks somewhat like Windows 7 and Windows Vista.)

When Windows 10 is in the alternative "Metro/modern" mode that is more like a cell phone, the operating system's security model does not accommodate PawSense-type software so readily. So while Windows is in that cellphone-imitating mode, at that time PawSense does not then monitor or interfere with keyboard input.

A: PawSense detects and blocks cat typing in Windows 8's "Desktop" mode, which is the traditional mode that doesn't look like a cell phone or tablet. (Desktop mode looks somewhat like Windows 7 and Windows Vista.)

When Windows 8 is in the alternative "Metro/modern" mode that is more like a cell phone, the operating system's security model does not accommodate PawSense-type software so readily. So while Windows 8 is in that cellphone-imitating mode, at that time PawSense does not then monitor or interfere with keyboard input.

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A: Yes. Hey, that's not a question!

Chris says,

"I had two reasons to make PawSense.

"When I had the idea for PawSense, it was because my sister's cat caused her so much computer trouble. And other people had computer problems caused by their cats on the keyboard. I knew it would help some people.

"But I also thought it was a really funny idea. I thought, the only way it would be funnier would be as a real piece of software that some people use."

"So, I used my professional skills--I wrote it, tested it myself, let other people I knew who had trouble with cat typing try it out, and finally I brought it to market."

A: We don't yet have the Mac version. Please contact us to request a Macintosh version of PawSense, and to ask to be notified when a Mac version becomes available. (If the above link doesn't work, please email us at macsales-2 "AT" bitboost.com)

A: PawSense detects the paws of even deaf cats. Even if a cat is deaf, PawSense blocks cat typing once detected. This makes it harder for the cat to mess up your programs, data files, and operating system.

A: We thought you'd never ask! For more information please click here.

A: PawSense will still quickly detect and block cat typing.

A: PawSense is sufficiently useful, novel, and unobvious to have achieved eligibility for a patent. We have already filed some of the paperwork to get a patent, and will keep this page updated as the situation develops.

A: We are looking at that issue right now. BabySense may be available for sale soon.

1. If your baby bangs away with outstretched or open hands, or with fists, that makes keypress patterns close enough to those of cat paws, so PawSense should work relatively well.
   If your baby carefully pecks at only one key at a time, PawSense will recognize that your baby is indeed a human. (s/he is, you know.)
2. Turn off the annoying sounds, or replace them with a non-annoying sound. Babies, like cats, have sensitive hearing in high audible frequencies and you don't want to encourage your baby to dislike computers, do you? I didn't think so. Don't you want your baby to grow up to be a glamorous computer programmer or the next Bill Gates?