[3057] in java-interest
Re: warp pointer?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen D. Williams)
Fri Oct 27 23:03:08 1995
From: sdw@lig.net (Stephen D. Williams)
To: meessen@cppm.in2p3.fr (Christophe Meessen)
Date: Fri, 27 Oct 1995 21:15:22 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: julie@world.std.com, Arthur.Vanhoff@Eng.Sun.COM,
java-interest@webrunner.neato.org
In-Reply-To: <9510171212.AA09852@ccpngw.in2p3.fr> from "Christophe Meessen" at Oct 17, 95 01:12:08 pm
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> 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.
Support for multiple input devices (or virtual devices), possibly being
translated by an application instead of the underlying system.
Support for simulation/playback.
> Your welcome.
> Bien cordialement,
>
> Ch.Meessen
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