[2847] in java-interest
Re: warp pointer?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joe Slone)
Tue Oct 17 17:04:19 1995
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 1995 13:37:40 -0500
From: jcs@wrkgrp.com (Joe Slone)
To: java-interest@webrunner.neato.org
> In summary:
>
> As long as mouses are not able to change position on their own, the pointer
> should not change position "on it's own".
>
> In such context mouving the pointer around on it's own is bad UI programming.
> As bad as using gotos. Thanks java developper team excluded them.
>
>
> >Thanks for your comments.
> I hope that the Java developper team will examine and study this carfully
> before taking a decision.
>
> It is true that it is always possible to add the feature in Java and that I'm
> free not to use it. But it is equivalent to gotos. It is also possible to
> add gotos in java and leave the choice to use them or not to the users.
> The reason for rejecting gotos in Java was that it is well known bad
> programming. My argument for disallowing application control of mouse
> movement is the same, it is bad UI programming. So for the Java team, I
> would say, stick to the logic.
>
> I would be gratefull to hear any counter examples riquiring the aplication
> to change the mouse movement/location.
The Motif Style Guide states that your application must not warp the pointer
unless you provide the user with a means of disabling this feature. This can
also cause problems for users of graphics tablets.
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