[Etoys] Finding the cursor on the screen

[Ken Ritchie]

Meant to CC the list, too ;-)  Thanks!

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:25 AM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas <
offray.luna at javeriana.edu.co> wrote:

> Hi Ken,
>
>
> Ken Ritchie escribió:
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>> PS, The Synaptics touchpad software has a pointer option:
>>
>>    [x] Show location of pointer when I press the CTRL key
>>
>> When I let up on the control key, a concentric ring appears like a large
>> halo around the cursor and grows smaller, converging on the pointer and
>> disappearing -- all in about one second after lift-off on control key.
>>
>>  [...]
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>  On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Ken Ritchie <classmaker at gmail.com<mailto:
>> classmaker at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    A easily discoverable gesture perhaps? ...rather than a secret
>>    incantation ;-)
>>
>>    Such as resting on the touchpad for a moment (longer than a tap)
>>    without moving around much, then lifting off to provoke a ripple
>>    wave or some kind of visual highlight?  (The two thresholds would
>>    be time on pad and distance moved.)
>>
>>    That would reduce the occurrence of waves so that they don't
>>    happen with every touch.
>>
>>    Cheers,
>>
>>
>
> The resting idea likes to me more. May be we would need an icon in the
> touch pad to make explicit this gesture (in the same spirit of the arrows
> for page top-down displacement).
>
> Cheers,
>
> Offray
>
> pdt: Have you realized that you send me the answer just to me? That was
> intended?
>
>
>
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