[haiku-development] Re: For a better autoraise

  • From: Brecht Machiels <brecht@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:58:02 +0200

Stephan Assmus wrote:
On 2009-08-21 at 11:04:17 [+0200], Brecht Machiels <brecht@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Aren't we discriminating Alzheimer patients this way? :)

It sounds a bit like you mean Parkinson (sp?) patients, and it's indeed

Ah yes. I should have done my research :)

something we need to consider, even old people in general. And if you are a young and fresh one, with perfect motoric skills, the pointer will probably be shaky with pen and tablet input regardless. It's something the Wacom driver is trying to improve, but it does not do it equally well for different tablets. Just something to keep in mind. Maybe the shake detection should distinguish between "average shake" and "purposeful shake"... :-)

While my remark was mainly meant as a joke, we should indeed keep this in mind.

I guess the shaking might work well for the Deskbar, but it might me more difficult for smaller targets. I've given it a quick try, and shaking the pointer while keeping it in a small area takes quite a bit effort (strain on the arm/hand). Moving the pointer in circles seems to be easier...

Regards,
Brecht

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