Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk!beta.its.bt.co.uk!jvt From: jvt@its.bt.co.uk (John Trickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: STacy review in EM Message-ID: <=M#&4^=@uzi-9mm.fulcrum.bt.co.uk> Date: 1 Feb 91 11:24:18 GMT References: <40711@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1991Jan30.203650.28@tamar.compserv.utas.edu.au> <15508@milton.u.washington.edu> Sender: isode@fulcrum.bt.co.uk (Isode Hackers) Organization: BT Applied Systems, Birmingham, UK Lines: 23 In article <15508@milton.u.washington.edu> iho@akbar.UUCP (Il Oh) writes: >GEM has more serious problems than that with its double click. My father, >who is 60 years old and has unsteady hands, can't double click on his 1040 >if his life depended on it. I think GEM doesn't recognize a double click >if the mouse is moved between the clicks, even if they occured within the >required timespan. I've never seen anyone have problems double clicking >on the Mac. This is somewhat drifting from the point but.... I agree that can be a serious problem. It seems that GEM takes the click on the pixel rather than the icon. A solution for your father and anyone like him is to use a tracker ball. In this you can set the pointer position and then remove your hand from the ball to click. Any movement of the unit does not alter the pointer position and so should over come the problem. The same could be achieved by lifting the mouse of the desk to click, but that is getting silly. John -- John Trickey || ..!mcsun!ukc!axion!its G4REV @ GB7SUT Voice: +44 21 333 3369 #include