Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!sri-unix!Henry%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA From: Henry%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA Newsgroups: net.works Subject: A mouse with a five-speed transmission? Message-ID: <13231@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Tue, 1-Nov-83 22:43:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.13231 Posted: Tue Nov 1 22:43:00 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Nov-83 18:28:58 EST Lines: 14 From: Henry Lieberman I kid you not. I recently had a demo of CMU's son-of-Zog system on the Perq. One thing that was impressive about it was the mouse interaction. They had adjusted their mouse software so that the distance the cursor moved in response to a unit distance movement of the mouse varied with the speed of the mouse movement. If you tried to move the mouse rapidly, it moved faster, good for getting the mouse across large screen distances quickly. If you moved it slowly, it moved more slowly, good for fine positioning. They used five different speeds. It made the mouse feel a lot more responsive. How 'bout the same thing for the Lisp machines, folks?