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List:       kde-usability
Subject:    Locating the pointer when it is on the bottom of the screen
From:       Maurizio Colucci <seguso.forever () tin ! it>
Date:       2004-12-06 22:36:17
Message-ID: 41B4DEE1.6040703 () tin ! it
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Hello,

It is common knowledge that buttons anchored to the edges of the screen 
are easier to click, even if they are small: it is as if the button had 
an infinite dimension along one axis. For example, if you have a button 
to the top edge of the screen, you abruptly move the mouse vertically to 
the top of the screen, to the very last pixel, and then you only need to 
adjust your pointer horizontally.

So it is convenient to put panels along the edges of the screen.

The problem is that the bottom edge is not as easy to use as the topmost 
one because, if I move the mouse to the bottom of the screen, to the 
very last pixel, I don't see the mouse pointer anymore! It is difficult 
to understand where I am pointing.

Unfortunately, KDE uses only the bottom edge by default (on all distros 
I have tried).

Of course I can move the panel on top, but other people may not be able 
to do it, and in general it is a pity to waste a useful edge of the screen.

I thought maybe the problem could be solved by flipping the mouse 
pointer vertically when the mouse is on the bottom edge of the screen. 
How about it?

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Regards,
Maurizio Colucci
http://onefinger.sf.net
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