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LatencyKillstoday at 10:33 AM1 replyview on HN

> But if it's windowed then it should be impossible.

I worked on several apps for the visually impaired that automatically move the mouse cursor to different UI elements in the front-most application, regardless of the window state. It’s a good reminder that “impossible” often just means “I haven’t accounted for that use case yet.”


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mrobtoday at 10:54 AM

If it's part of the OS's standard accessibility framework then it's acceptable. The important point is that applications shouldn't be able to arbitrarily move the mouse in situations when it's unexpected.