Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!atha!aunro!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca!janus.mtroyal.ab.ca!ewilts From: ewilts@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Mouse blanking Message-ID: <1991May16.224239.8308@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca> Date: 17 May 91 04:42:39 GMT References: <1991May16.123017.23498@odin.diku.dk> <8392@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Organization: BC Systems Corporation, Victoria, B.C. Lines: 26 In article <8392@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes: > 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. > > //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ > | Dan Barrett, Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University | > | INTERNET: barrett@cs.jhu.edu | | > | COMPUSERVE: >internet:barrett@cs.jhu.edu | UUCP: barrett@jhunix.UUCP | > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////////// One feature quite common on Intergraph Unix workstations is the default mouse positioning when a requestor pops up. For example, many programs have a (stupid) requestor saying "Do you really want to quit?". At this stage, the program can move the pointer to over the OK gadget, at which point the user can do a single click to finish up. Saves a lot of mouse movements if you have a lot of requestors pop up. I rather liked them, although I haven't worked on an Intergraph station in about a year or so. -- .../Ed Preferrred: Ed.Wilts@BSC.Galaxy.BCSystems.Gov.BC.CA Ed Wilts Alternate: EdWilts@BCSC02.BITNET (604) 389-3430 B.C. Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8