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From: wiseman@tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman)
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Subject: Re: Help! Anyone know how to force the mouse to a location?
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Date: 7 Jun 90 17:46:23 GMT
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In article <3645@rodan.acs.syr.edu> rsholmes@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Rich Holmes) writes:
>In article <1990Jun6.083741.4740@canon.co.uk> smith@canon.co.uk (Mark Smith) writes
>>A perfect example of this is the old game Lode Runner, where
>>you indicate the direction of the man on the screen by pushing the mouse
>>in the appropriate direction. The man then keeps going in that direction
>>until the mouse is pushed in another direction. 
>
>Which is like using a screwdriver to pound in a nail.
>
>For a situation like this, why not use two keyboard keys to indicate left or
>right?  In fact, why not left arrow and right arrow?
>

Interesting point. But you know, for relative motion in games though, I really
prefer the mouse. I rarely get my 3:00AM game cramps when using a mouse :-).

>The mouse is a pointing device.  Please don't use it for other things.

True, but there are at least two ways to "point"--absolute (eg. "it's right
THERE!") and relative (eg. "he went that'a way!"). I really like sometimes to
have the mouse enable me to push something in the general direction that I want
it to go (but then again, I DON't leave autocruise turned on ALL of the
time,...hmm...)


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