Re: [Usability] Pls help resolve Motion Threshold bug #543091

[Francesco Fumanti <francesco fumanti gmx net>]

Hello again,

Sorry for the mistake; here is the url of the page with the layouts:
http://live.gnome.org/Mousetweaks/Usability

Cheers

Francesco

Francesco Fumanti wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
> There is an inconsistency between the layout of the Accessibility tab of 
> the mouse control panel and how the Motion Threshold works:
>
> In fact, the layout suggests that the motion threshold only works for 
> the dwell click, but in reality, it also works for the simulated 
> secondary click. In other words:
>
> - if the simulated secondary click and the dwell click are both 
> disabled, the motion treshold does not have any effect
>
> - if the dwell click is enabled, the motion threshold also works (which 
> is accurately suggested by the layout)
>
> - if the simulated secondary click is enabled, the motion threshold does 
> also work, even if the dwell click is disabled and the motion threshold 
> slider is greyed.
>
> So the motion threshold slider is in fact a feature that is shared 
> between the simulated secondary click and the dwell click; and there is 
> only one value in the program for it. (It is different from the delay 
> slider where there are two values in the program: one for the simulated 
> secondary click and one for the dwell click.)
>
>
> I have filed a bug for the problem; you might want to have a look at it 
> as there already are a few comments in the bug thread:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543091
>
>
> I have also tried to create some different more accurate layouts and 
> posted them on the mousetweaks usability page. It is the layouts dated 
> 2008-10-25 and 2008-10-28 at the bottom of the following page:
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=543091
>
> In the layouts from 2008-10-28, I tried to also take account of
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=554739 . But they have become 
> really huge. I posted them anyway to show the idea of placing the Motion 
> Threshold slider in a shared position between the simulated secondary 
> click and the dwell click. Maybe that the base idea of the shared 
> position is good and I should try to produce a more compact layout; but 
> how?
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback and help.
>
>
> Francesco