[Virtualacorn-list] W7 gotchas?

[Mik Towse]

In article <mpro.mz8urn004jmgr024s at wingsandbeaks.org.uk.invalid> Jeremy Nicoll - ml virtualacorn  wrote:
> Mik Towse <mik.towse at xemik.com> wrote:
> 
> > Both that & VRPC work very well on 8.1, so I'm happy except using VMlite
> > highlights a huge VRPC annoyance, the double pointer.
> - which gets turned off when you click the X icon at the top left of the VA
> window...
[snip]
Yep, I do know about that, but I'm constantly swapping between W8/RO, so this
isn't a viable solution. For example, all email links are launched to Firefox
on W8, so it could be literally seconds between each swap.

I could avoid some issues by not having the Windows bar on the left, but
there's a very good reason for it being there. I used ROS well before I
started using Windows (3.1 IIRC). By moving the bar to the left, my brain
went into Windows mode, whilst with the iconbar at the bottom, I'm in ROS
mode.

I also feel Windows works better with it there, even more so on W8. I've been
doing this for so long that my brain is hardwired to it. (For the same reason
I have to swap y-axis on PS4 games!)

It would be less of an issue if the two cursors travelled at the same speed,
but I'm not aware of a way to do that. Anyway, VRPC really should merge the
cursors. ;)

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