On 28 Apr 2011, at 22:09, David Balažic <email address hidden>
wrote:
> Situation same in Ubuntu 11.04...
>
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> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/16492
>
> Title:
> Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse
> isn't
>
> Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit:
> New
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> Triaged
> Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “gtk+2.0” source package in Maverick:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. Click near the top left of a text field to focus it.
> 2. Start typing.
> Or:
> 1. Click in a browser window to focus the page.
> 2. Read the page, scrolling with the arrow keys.
> Or:
> 1. Click in an e-mail message window to focus the message.
> 2. Read the message, scrolling with the arrow keys.
>
> What happens:
> * The mouse pointer gets in the way of what you're typing/reading.
>
> What should happen:
> * Whenever you press a non-modifier key on the keyboard, if the
> pointing
> device has been neither moved nor clicked in the past ~0.25
> seconds, the pointer
> should disappear until the pointing device is next moved or clicked.
>
> But won't this make people lose the pointer?
> * No. For human eyes, such a small object is much easier to find
> by movement
> than by searching the entire screen. As soon as they grab the mouse
> again, the
> pointer will appear, and they'll see where it is.
>
> This is nuts!
> * It's worked on the Mac for over two decades. Most people
> haven't noticed.
> They just get slightly irritated on *other* platforms when the
> pointer gets in
> the way.
>
> (Apologies if this is filed under the wrong product.)
>
> http://www.quinn.echidna.id.au/Quinn/WWW/HISubtleties/PointerObscuring.html
> :
> http://www.quinn.echidna.id.au/Quinn/WWW/HISubtleties/PointerObscuring.html
I'm out of the office until 1st August.
On 28 Apr 2011, at 22:09, David Balažic <email address hidden>
wrote:
> Situation same in Ubuntu 11.04... /bugs.launchpad .net/bugs/ 16492 www.quinn. echidna. id.au/Quinn/ WWW/HISubtletie s/PointerObscur ing.html www.quinn. echidna. id.au/Quinn/ WWW/HISubtletie s/PointerObscur ing.html
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of
> Papercutters, which is subscribed to One Hundred Paper Cuts.
> https:/
>
> Title:
> Mouse pointer should disappear when keyboard is in use and mouse
> isn't
>
> Status in GTK+ GUI Toolkit:
> New
> Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
> Triaged
> Status in “gtk+2.0” package in Ubuntu:
> Triaged
> Status in “gtk+2.0” source package in Maverick:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> Steps to reproduce:
> 1. Click near the top left of a text field to focus it.
> 2. Start typing.
> Or:
> 1. Click in a browser window to focus the page.
> 2. Read the page, scrolling with the arrow keys.
> Or:
> 1. Click in an e-mail message window to focus the message.
> 2. Read the message, scrolling with the arrow keys.
>
> What happens:
> * The mouse pointer gets in the way of what you're typing/reading.
>
> What should happen:
> * Whenever you press a non-modifier key on the keyboard, if the
> pointing
> device has been neither moved nor clicked in the past ~0.25
> seconds, the pointer
> should disappear until the pointing device is next moved or clicked.
>
> But won't this make people lose the pointer?
> * No. For human eyes, such a small object is much easier to find
> by movement
> than by searching the entire screen. As soon as they grab the mouse
> again, the
> pointer will appear, and they'll see where it is.
>
> This is nuts!
> * It's worked on the Mac for over two decades. Most people
> haven't noticed.
> They just get slightly irritated on *other* platforms when the
> pointer gets in
> the way.
>
> (Apologies if this is filed under the wrong product.)
>
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> :
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