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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.
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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
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