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Article #12531Re: There *ARE* uses for forcing the mouse to a location (non-games).
From: Philip Machanick
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 1990 23:31
Date: Thu, 07 Jun 1990 23:31
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One more thought on this issue. This has largely been argued as a philosophy/ personal preference issue. Of course, human interface is a science (sort of). It should in principle be possible to program some of the alternatives, and set people to using them for a few months. The difficult part of course is an objective measure... I am not convinced by any of this that warping the cursor is better than warping a tool palette, but if someone is prepared to program both, I'm prepared to try both. Philip Machanick philip@pescadero.stanford.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!agate!shelby!neon!Kermit.Stanford.EDU!philip From: philip@Kermit.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: There *ARE* uses for forcing the mouse to a location (non-games). Message-ID: <1990Jun7.233130.10163@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 7 Jun 90 23:31:30 GMT References: <1990Jun7.190113.28131@caen.engin.umich.edu> <2285@speedy.mcnc.org> <17041@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> <2291@speedy.mcnc.org> Sender: news@Neon.Stanford.EDU (USENET News System) Reply-To: philip@pescadero.stanford.edu Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 10