Re: tlug: humour: Win98 source code

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Jonathan Byrne - 3Web writes:
 > On Fri, 17 Jul 1998, Tim Meggs wrote:
 > 
 > >I probably shouldn't fwd this to the list, but it made me chuckle this morn
 > >so I will .......
 > 
 > I saw this a few weeks ago, but it's always nice to read it again :-)
 > 
 > I don't buy this part, though:
 > 
 > >> >   {
 > >> >     set_wait_states(lots);
 > >> >     set_mouse(speed, very_slow);     
 > >> >     set_mouse(action, jumpy);
 > >> >     set_mouse(reaction, sometimes);
 > 
 > 
 > If the mouse action on Linux (within my experience; YMMV) was twice as
 > good as it is now, it would still be only half as good as it is under
 > Windows 95.  Something I would dearly love to see get better, since
 > I would describe it very much as in the above code: jumpy at times
 > (especially when Netscape is involved; at which point it won't move
 > while pages are being loaded), slow, poor ballistics (increasing the
 > mouse speed results in erratic movement because of this), etc.  Is it
 > possible to improve mouse performance by increasing the execution
 > priority of GPM, and if so, how is that done?
 > 
 > Cheers,
 > 
 > Jonathan Byrne
 > Media and Content Section
 > 3Web - Your Internet Solution! <URL:http://www.threeweb.ad.jp/index.en.html>
 > 3Web Channel <URL: http://www.3web.co.jp/>
What kind of machine do you have. I`ve never had any of these problems 
except maybe under a very have load. This is true for Linux and
Windoof (as it is called in German).

Marcus
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