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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: The morality of warping the cursor
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Date: 28 Jun 88 18:10:47 GMT
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>                              So I don't see any reason why a tablet
> should refuse to be warped.

The simple answer is "because they don't want to."

A better answer is that for tablets that do proximity notification, yes it is
trivial to simulate a relative device.  For those that don't (and silly as it
sounds, not all do), it's not quite as easy. 

More importantly, a lot of people who use tablets actually like them to be
absolute.  To some, it provides a more natural metaphor for positioning.

I, myself, hate tablets (unless I'm doing something that involves drawing, then
they are much nicer then mice).  But those who do like them are free to use
them.

Caveat software developer,
Jim