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From: david@lta.COM (David B. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: re: Warping the pointer and social behaviour
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Date: 18 Mar 91 20:34:26 GMT
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> who may need to do it.  For example, suppose you are writing a client which
> requires a choice be made on startup for proper functionality.  In this case
> it seems to me reasonable to popup a menu of choices and warp the pointer to
> the menu.  Sure, the rest of the functionality of the client should be

What do the various HCI guides say about positioning the dialog so that it's 
under the position of the pointer, where the user might be paying attention?  

(The center of the screen has always seemed to me to be a pretty arbitrary
place to popup a message, anyway.)