Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!boingo.med.jhu.edu!jhunix!barrett From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Mouse blanking Message-ID: <8392@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Date: 16 May 91 18:05:36 GMT References: <1991May16.123017.23498@odin.diku.dk> Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF Lines: 26 In article <1991May16.123017.23498@odin.diku.dk> bombadil@diku.dk (Kristian Nielsen) writes: > About all these problems with mouse blanking: How about just sending the >pointer to a corner of the display? That's an idea, but I would vote against it. Please don't touch my mouse! I put it someone where intentionally, and I'd like it to stay there, thank you very much. >One could even move the mouse back to the previous position upon >recieving the first mouse event to comfort people who feel uncomfortable >with having the pointer movve around without user control. So when the user leaves the computer for 10 minutes and comes back, he/she sees the mouse pointer sitting in the corner. How is the user supposed to know if the pointer is REALLY in the corner, or just there because of the mouse-blanking? You can't tell. I still vote against the idea -- I prefer true blanking. Dan //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ | Dan Barrett, Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University | | INTERNET: barrett@cs.jhu.edu | | | COMPUSERVE: >internet:barrett@cs.jhu.edu | UUCP: barrett@jhunix.UUCP | \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////