mClick - Mouse Click and Cursor Highlighter for screen recordings.

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.

Notes:

• I am NOT a programmer and this is my first Chrome extension. I made extension because I saw a need (for myself) and didn't find anything suitable for what I wanted.
• I realize this extension is not that great and has a lot of room for improvement.
• Below I have a basic roadmap of what I intend (hope) to do with this extension.
• If you have any suggestions or would like to help, you are welcome to send me an email at mckayc+mclick@gmail.com.
• To get the most utility from this extension, you should lower your expectations.

Road map:

✓ Version 0.2 - Have a basic functional extension.

• Mouse cursor is highlighted when moving on the screen.
• There are mouse click indications for mouse down and mouse up.
• You can turn the extension on and off.

✓ Version 0.3 - Have user input for most basic functions.

• User can input custom values for highlight size for all functions (move, click, mouseup, etc).
• User can input custom values for colors.
• User can input custom values for opacities.

✓ Version 0.4 - Polished extension. - Still needs more work Autosave

• Icons will be improved and looked better.
• Options window will actually look nice(r) and only be as big as needed. Popup window instead of full window. (I don't think this is actually possible.)
• Default settings for extension will make it look nice and negate any need for most people to ever use options.

Version 0.5 - First release.

• Do thorough testing and bug fixes. Make sure basic functions work as intended in most circumstances.
• Package extension and put it on the Chrome app store.
• Add example gif in this README.md

Version 0.6 - Extended features.

• Improve transitions and animations (give user options for these?).
• Come up with something nifty for click and drag. Perhaps a new div shape?
• In options, have live preview for shapes.

Version 0.7 - Improve options. No need for manual input.

• Start implementing some of Dallin's code such as right click, left click, middle click and double click.
• User has the option to use color picker for colors.
• User has the option to use a slider for object size.
• User has the option to use a slider for opacity.

Version 0.8 - Explore more features. Test features to see if they are useful or not.

• Have an indicator for scroll up and scroll down. (?)
• Improve animations.
• Have user options to toggle every feature.

Version 0.9 - Bug fixes, code cleanup, and final polish.

• Fix all bugs so that the extension works in all likely environments.
• Look over code and clean up what is not necessary. Improve comments to make extension more useful to someone who wants to fork code.
• Make any last changes for version 1 release.

Version 1.0 - Release!

• Rerelease on Chrome app store.
• Share extension with coworkers and friends.
• Write blog post about extension and do some promotion.
• Update roadmap for version 2.0.
• Buy myself ice cream and/or pizza and celebrate.

Version 2.0+ - Start integrating keyboard indicators.

• Come up with a slick way to show keyboard key presses.
• Find out how to display key press combinations.
• Allow user options to toggle this feature.
• Be able to use on more than just the active page.

Credits:

• For the basic framework of this extension, I looked at the Chrome extension "mouse_thing" (https://github.com/jared-schmidt/mouse_thing).
• For the color picker, I used Spectrum (https://bgrins.github.io/spectrum).
• For the value sliders, I intend to use Simple Slider (http://loopj.com/jquery-simple-slider/) though I have not figured out how to implement this yet.
• For bug fixes and additional code, I enlisted the help of my friends Matt and Ryan as well as my brother Dallin.