From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 1997 14:31:39 +0000
From: Bengt Kleberg bengtk@damek.kth.se
Subject: Hiding the pointer (was Re: [9fans] Arrow keys)
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In article <3417BCCD.B2D0FC2B@genedata.com>, 9fans@cse.psu.edu wrote:

> Steve_Kilbane@cegelecproj.co.uk wrote:
> > Vanishing pointers drive me up the wall. I like to know where the
> > pointer is at all times, but that's just me. My particular
> > favourite: MS Word making the pointer disappear as you move it over
...deleted
> they tried to make me use MS Word the other day, and exactly that
> feature made me refuse and delete it. does anyone know why they did
...deleted

I refused using MS Word since it froze my window system if I moved the
mouse to often across the edges (to get the pointer away from the middle).
Also, if I scrolled the text and had a window that didn't cover the whole
screen the text turned into garbage. (not the content, it may already have
been in that state, but the actual characters became random noise).

This was in 1994. Can't remember the version of MS Word.

-- 
Best Wishes, Bengt

Email: bengtk@damek.kth.se