- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 08:33:47 -0700
- To: Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@webkit.org>
- Cc: Adam Barth <w3c@adambarth.com>, Vincent Scheib <scheib@google.com>, Brandon Andrews <warcraftthreeft@sbcglobal.net>, "Gregg Tavares (wrk)" <gman@google.com>, Glenn Maynard <glenn@zewt.org>, Charles Pritchard <chuck@jumis.com>, Kenneth Russell <kbr@google.com>, robert@ocallahan.org, public-webapps@w3.org
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Ryosuke Niwa <rniwa@webkit.org> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 8:17 AM, Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> > Also, once my mouse is locked, how do I free it? >> >> That was covered in the paragraph you quoted, though cursorily. If >> the mouse is locked in this way, the browser should show a persistent >> message (either in its chrome or as an overlay) saying something like >> "Your mouse cursor is being hidden by the webpage. Press Esc to show >> the cursor.". >> >> This shouldn't be too annoying for the games case, but should allow >> users, even clueless ones, to know when a site is being malicious and >> how to fix it. Once they get their cursor back, they can just leave >> that page. > > This might just be a UI problem but I can assure you many users won't be > able to find such a message or won't be able to understand what it means. > e.g. I know quite few people who don't know what mouse cursor or Esc is. "I have trapped your mouse cursor in this box: [picture of mouse cursor]." ...that would actually be pretty funny. Someone should do that. ~TJ
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