On Monday, Jun 14, 2004, at 15:13 US/Pacific, Matthew Brush wrote:

> As for the moving of the mouse, I was thinking about
> just not using a mouse in the program or something

Unfortunately, most of the mouse is handled by the OS, rather than the
program itself...

>
> But you're all right, my idea was stupid, and I just
> save up some cash and do things properly.
>
I didn't think your idea was 'stupid'; I thought it was really clever.
With modern multi-button mice as an example, you can probably send
several bits of info at a time...), probably much more easily than
interfacing to the wheels and fiddling with the position logic.
Unfortunately, it was one of those ideas that got more complicated the
longer I looked at it. :-(

The "OS" vs "Application" problem seems endemic to USB, rather than
particular to your scheme.  Thus the annoying necessity of having a
driver as well as an application, and the attractiveness of hacks like
the FTDI parts or making everything look like a HID.

BillW

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