Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ames!ncar!husc6!panda!teddy!jee From: jee@teddy.UUCP (John E Elsbree) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: The morality of warping the cursor Summary: What about absolute-position devices? Keywords: warp pointer absolute tablet Message-ID: <4871@teddy.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 88 13:23:56 GMT References: <4390@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU> Reply-To: jee@teddy.UUCP (John E Elsbree) Followup-To: comp.windows.x Organization: GenRad, Inc., Concord, Mass. Lines: 19 In article <4390@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU> josh@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU (Joshua Marantz) writes: > >There have been a couple of articles where people have stated >absolutely that warping the cursor is bad user interface policy; that >users should have exclusive control of the cursor at all times. This brings up a question that's been sitting in my mind for a while... Say your pointing device deals in absolute coordinates (a tablet, for example). What does it mean to warp the pointer? Sure, the cursor on the screen can be forced to a new position, but the tablet would immediately pull it back to its own absolute coordinates. Or do I misunderstand something? - John -- John E Elsbree /|\ GenRad, Inc. ...!mit-eddie!genrad!jee /_ _\ 300 Baker Avenue (617)369-4400, ext 2935 \ |\ Concord, MA 01742, USA (508)369-4400 (after July 16) \| \