Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS?

From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS?
Date	2015-08-10 18:53 +0000
Organization	People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates
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On 2015-08-10, Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
> On 2015-08-09 19:53, Barry Margolin wrote:
>> In article <090820151736102745%nospam@nospam.invalid>,
>>   nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> In article <090820152232034952%timstreater@greenbee.net>, Tim Streater
>>> <timstreater@greenbee.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Shake mouse is very cool. I can finally set my mouse to default size.
>>>>
>>>> What /are/ you talking about?
>>>
>>> shake mouse is a new feature in el capitan where the cursor gets bigger
>>> so you don't lose track of where it is.
>>
>> Sounds like they resurrected a feature from the MIT Lisp Machines of the
>> 1980's. If you couldn't find the mouse cursor, you moved it around
>> really fast, and it would turn into a huge cross-hair.
>
> There was something like this in Windows or at least an add on to 
> Logitech drivers I've had in the past.  Don't recall the activation but 
> it may have been (if the mode was selected) that you'd just move the 
> mouse and it would briefly be large before getting small again.
>
> Could also be that it was on a laptop where the LCD display made seeing 
> a white mouse difficult (earlier days of colour LCD displays).
>
> This sort of thing is not a great leap in UI.

The only person claiming anyone said it was a great leap is Tim
Streater. ; )

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Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-08-08 18:08 +0000
  Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-08 14:30 -0400
    Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-08-08 19:10 +0000
      Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-08 19:25 +0000
      Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-08 15:37 -0400
        Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-08-08 21:45 +0100
        Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? sctvguy1 <sctvguy1@invalid.net> - 2015-08-08 17:17 -0500
          Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Larry Gusaas <larry.gusaas@gmail.com> - 2015-08-08 16:41 -0600
            Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Erilar <drache@notchibardun.net> - 2015-08-09 14:11 +0000
              Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2015-08-09 10:20 -0400
                Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-09 15:16 +0000
                Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-08-09 20:09 +0000
                Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-08-09 22:32 +0100
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                Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2015-08-09 22:48 +0100
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                Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-13 15:16 +0000
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                Re: Why won't Apple update apps w/o updating the OS? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-10 18:53 +0000
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