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From: sierch@well.UUCP (Michael Sierchio)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Automatic mouse cursor movement
Message-ID: <6285@well.UUCP>
Date: 15 Jun 88 19:11:30 GMT
References: <10799@apple.Apple.Com> <10700006@hpfclp.SDE.HP.COM> <5034@june.cs.washington.edu> <11088@steinmetz.ge.com> <4964@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <11225@steinmetz.ge.com>
Reply-To: sierch@well.UUCP (Michael Sierchio)
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Does this study indicate failure of the predictor used, or does it indicate
that attempting to predict where the user is attempting to move the pointer
is not a good idea??

The Macintosh uses a simple method that is equivalent to one type of
predictor method, without regard to the screen content -- the pointer
movement speed is automatically changed according to the mouse speed.

When the user gets closer to the target, he/she slows down the mouse,
and the positioning becomes more precise. 

Using anything other than a first-order predictor is likely to give the
user the feeling he/she's not really in control.
-- 
	Michael Sierchio @ Small Systems Solutions

	sierch@well.UUCP
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