Dynamic Dreams Question

I need your help!

Published on July 23, 2008 By dream-er In DeskScapes

So, for those of you that don't know, I've been working on making some cool new Dynamic Dreams. Only problem is, these Dynamic Dreams have some fancy new keyboard and mouse input commands! (ooohh!! super fancy!)

I've been having a problem though... Nobody wants their computer to be actively running mouse input (wasting a little CPU usage) when they're not looking at their desktop. It just doesn't make sense to have an object on your desktop following your mouse around when you can't see it! So, consequently, I have resorted to keyboard button commands to act as a signal for mouse input.

Now, I want the button command to be un-intrustive, a command that people don't use a lot (ex: Ctrl+C wouldn't be good since people copy and paste all the time). Currently, I have been using Ctrl+Shift as the button configuration.

I wanted to get people's opinions on what you feel should be the proper button combo to operate the mouse control. Try not to go down the "let's make it a setting!" option since that would take a little too much time to implement at the time being.

Thanks to all in advance for your help and input!

Comments

ZubaZ

on Jul 23, 2008

Unobtrusive huh? Yet related to the dream?
What are teh restrictions? I mean, would a double-tap of teh caps lock key work? Or would it have to be something like [Alt]-[D]?

I like double taps.

dream-er

on Jul 23, 2008

What are teh restrictions?

Restrictions are : cannot involve a commonly used keystroke command, cannot be a dynamic setting, cannot involve clicking on the desktop/only having the desktop visible.

I mean, would a double-tap of teh caps lock key work? Or would it have to be something like [Alt]-[D]?I like double taps.

Double taps are perfectly exceptable and are a grand idea

ZubaZ

on Jul 23, 2008

Other than double taps, modifying key (ctrl, alt) + [D] makes sense.
Th problem is, that no matter what you pick it is likely to share the keystroke with someone else's product. having a reusable set of code that allows for custom settings is always a preferred solution.

dream-er

on Jul 23, 2008

T'would be quite cool for it to be a custom setting and that's what I'm planning on doing if I have time but with only a few weeks left in my internship here want to make sure functionality comes first ya know

milksama

on Jul 24, 2008

Well Ctrl+Shift+C is reserved for CursorFX (Enable/Disable toggle), so you may want to instead use something like Ctrl+Shift+D. (D for DeskScapes?)

Ultimately, it would probably be best if it were user-configurable. Think of the apps (like visual studio) that have hundreds upon hundreds of shortcuts... if just one were already regularly used by someone, it wouldn't be good if that conflicted.

Really cool idea by the way... I believe I suggested something like this a while back, because I think it would add a lot of potential to DeskScapes.

Mike

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