From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 20:28:15 +0200
From: Lucio de Re lucio@proxima.alt.za
Subject: [9fans] Arrow keys
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> 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.