Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!eos!al From: al@eos.UUCP (Al Globus) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: The morality of warping the cursor Message-ID: <979@eos.UUCP> Date: 29 Jun 88 18:24:34 GMT References: <4390@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU> Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, California Lines: 13 From article <4390@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU>, by josh@mit-vax.LCS.MIT.EDU (Joshua Marantz): > > 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. > > I am interested in why people feel this way. I personally feel that > intelligent warping on the part of the application can greatly enhance > a user interface. Open Look moves the cursor without user input in several circumstances to optimize mouse movement. Looks like a good job to me. The scroll bars are particularly well done.