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Re: pointer can't penetrate link area

From philo  <philo@privacy.net>
Newsgroups comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject Re: pointer can't penetrate link area
Date 2014-02-10 18:21 -0600
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 02/10/2014 06:15 PM, Dushan Mitrovich wrote:
> On our iMac running Mountain Lion X.8.5 we have two accounts, my wife's
> and mine.  Using the Firefox browser on my wife's account, the pointer
> moves around the screen as expected with either the Magic Mouse or the
> Logitech trackball.
>
> Starting several weeks ago, wherever the pointer encounters a link the
> pointer turns into a pointing hand and is unable to move further into
> the screen area occupied by the link.  It came move parallel with the
> area boundary, and it can invisibly traverse the area to reappear as a
> pointer on the other side, but it doesn't move within the link area
> (though the link itself still works).
>
> This occurs with both the M.Mouse and the trackball, but it only occurs
> on my wife's account and not on mine (I also use Firefox).  I've read of
> other people having similar issues the past couple of years, but didn't
> notice a fix, nor a positive identification of the cause of this behavior.
>
> Has anyone here run across this peculiarity, and have some suggestions?
>
> Thanks.
>
>X


You posted the same question a few weeks ago, got a reply and ignored it.

If I understand you other post correctly, the problem began the instant 
you upgraded to 8.5 from 8.4?

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pointer can't penetrate link area Dushan Mitrovich <dushanm@nnips.net> - 2014-02-10 17:15 -0700
  Re: pointer can't penetrate link area philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-02-10 18:21 -0600
    Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-11 12:18 -0700
      Re: pointer can't penetrate link area philo  <philo@privacy.net> - 2014-02-11 16:20 -0600
        Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-13 19:29 -0700
          Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-17 17:24 -0700
            Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 00:59 +0000
              Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-18 00:10 -0700
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 16:44 +0000
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2014-02-18 12:31 -0500
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-18 19:25 +0000
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-22 00:48 -0700
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-02-22 16:00 +0000
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-24 19:45 -0700
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-28 12:21 -0700
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-06 16:01 -0700
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-07 01:01 +0000
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-08 14:50 -0700
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-08 22:32 +0000
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-10 18:45 -0600
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-11 01:19 +0000
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-18 14:12 -0600
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-18 14:12 -0600
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - SOLVED dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-21 21:58 -0600
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - SOLVED Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-03-22 18:28 +0000
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - UNSOLVED dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-03-24 20:35 -0600
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - RE-SOLVED dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-04-03 13:37 -0600
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - RE-SOLVED Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-03 21:10 +0000
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area - RE-SOLVED dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-04-09 16:09 -0600
                Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dushanm@nnips.net (DushanM) - 2014-02-22 00:47 -0700
  Re: pointer can't penetrate link area dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2014-02-11 11:29 +1100

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