From: Lucio de Re lucio@proxima.alt.za
Subject: [9fans] Arrow keys
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:28:15 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19970910182815.gCRhv-glTLJZTBIuIHdaDQdL0zOTWR1hifkZDeevxxs@z> (raw)
> Turning the mouse off during quiet times is an old idea.
> One design is to turn it off when a key is struck, and turn
> it on again when the mouse is touched.
>
At the risk of sounding even sillier than usual, why is this not done
anywhere? The idea of waiting for a keypress sounds good, although a
period of inactivity may be better for idiot utilities such as the
Win'95 desktop where one spends long periods just staring at it and
hoping that something intelligent will eventually occur :-)
--
Lucio de Re (lucio@proxima.alt.za)
Disclaimer: I'm working at getting my opinions to agree with me.
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1997-09-10 18:28 Lucio [this message]
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1997-09-12 15:19 [9fans] arrow keys Roger
1997-09-11 8:18 [9fans] Arrow keys Bill
1997-09-11 3:29 [9fans] arrow keys Chris
1997-09-10 22:13 geoff
1997-09-10 21:26 Mike
1997-09-10 21:10 jmk
1997-09-10 20:41 David
1997-09-10 18:09 [9fans] Arrow keys Lucio
1997-09-10 18:09 rob
1997-09-10 17:56 [9fans] arrow keys forsyth
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