Contemporary graphics libraries (Xlib, OpenGL) support application control of the cursor position on the screen.
Under the APPLE interface, this capability is disabled.
This capability is also disabled under the LINUX / Wayland replacement for Xlib. I know because it broke my application.
So what is next for LINUX? Discontinuing support for anything other than a single-button Mouse?
The ability of an application to position the cursor opens up an entire landscape of deeply interactive GUI possibilities. APPLE, with its obsession with control, has disabled this.
LINUX can be more than APPLE. The capacity is there.
But if all LINUX developers want is to look and feel like the APPLE platform, then why not just go develop there?
We do not need the APPLE graphics interface, and its obsession with stovepipe user interfaces, in LINUX.
Under the APPLE interface, this capability is disabled.
This capability is also disabled under the LINUX / Wayland replacement for Xlib. I know because it broke my application.
So what is next for LINUX? Discontinuing support for anything other than a single-button Mouse?
The ability of an application to position the cursor opens up an entire landscape of deeply interactive GUI possibilities. APPLE, with its obsession with control, has disabled this.
LINUX can be more than APPLE. The capacity is there.
But if all LINUX developers want is to look and feel like the APPLE platform, then why not just go develop there?
We do not need the APPLE graphics interface, and its obsession with stovepipe user interfaces, in LINUX.