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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
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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.