On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 10:36 -0400, Scott Palmer wrote:
> On May 27, 2005, at 9:40 AM, Cameron Hayne wrote:
> > On the Apple page <http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/Java/
> > Java50RN/2_ResolvedIssues/chapter_3_section_3.html>, I see the
> > following:
> > -------------------------
> > Radar #4008177
> > MouseInfo.getNumberOfButtons Return Values
> >
> > Description:
> >
> > MouseInfo.getNumberOfButtons is a new class in J2SE 5.0 that
> > returns information about the number of mouse buttons.
> >
> > Resolution:
> >
> > Because Mac OS X can have multiple mice connected and in use, as
> > well as using Universal Preferences instead of the mouse,
> > MouseInfo.getNumberOfButtons is generally inapplicable. Thus, it
> > always returns 0.
>
> I remember seeing that in the release notes and thinging, "That's
> just dumb." An implementation that seems much more reasonable would
I agree. That's a strange excuse. Most UNIXes and Windows also support
multiple mice. My laptop has a trackpad, one of those nipple dealies in
the middle of the keyboard, and an external USB mouse.
Does this mean that no VM vendor should support this functionality?
I could see how this would be a thorn in the side of folks who are
writing cross-platform Accessability-aware applications where pointing
devices might come in strange & unusual forms. I could also see how this
might be a thorn in the side of folks who are trying to write really
neat cross-platform games in Java that take full advance of the
available input devices.
sm
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