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Subject: non-linear mousing
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Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 14:07:11 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  6 14:07:11 1984
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From:  (Mike O'Dell[x-csam]) mo@lbl-csam

I believe the Evans and Sutherland Knob Box was the first place I saw
using the acceleration to select different bits of the counters to clock.
I have long believed this behaviour is desirable.  Another good place is
in radio receivers with synthesized front-ends: you need 10  Hz resolution
for some things, but having to push buttons is a pain to change speeds.
Simply using the rate to determine the rate would make it soo much easier.
To go fast, go fast.  To go precisely, move slowly.  Sounds like the way
people work already!  How come it doesn't seem to be more widely implemented?
(I hav heard the Symbolics does it.)

	-Mike