Bug in VNC Viewer PPC beta 3 on the Mac

[Jeff Stearns]

I'm reporting a bug in VNC Viewer PPC beta 3 (100100d) on the Mac.

The viewer tracks to mouse motions when it should not.  For example, the
viewer tracks the mouse even when it isn't the foreground application.  On a
Mac, the keyboard & mouse focus should belong to the foreground application.
VNC isn't following that rule.

This can have unpleasant consequences.


To demonstrate:
 - Use the VNC viewer to connect to some VNC server.

 - Leaving the VNC window open, switch to the Finder.

 - Open the Finder's "About this computer" window. Drag it over the VNC
   desktop.

 - Move the mouse within this Finder window. Note that VNC is furtively
   tracking the mouse and sending mouse motion over the wire.

 - Click and drag within the Finder's window. Normally, this should have
   no effect. But note that VNC is tracking all of this mouse activity,
   thus activating menus and selecting text on the remote desktop!
   This can have unpleasant consequences.


The VNC Viewer is running on this host:
Software overview
    Mac OS overview
        Finder:    8.5
        System:    8.5.1  US
        Active enabler:    None
        At Ease:    Not installed
        QuickTime:    4.0.3
        File sharing:    is off
    Startup device
        Name:    Power HD
        Type:    Hard drive
        Location:    ID = 0
        Bus:    SCSI Bus 0
Memory overview
    Built-in memory:    64 MB
Hardware overview
    Model names:    Power Macintosh 9500 series
WGS 9650 series
    Keyboard type:    Apple Extended Keyboard
    Processor info:    PowerPC 604
    Machine speed:    132 MHz
    FPU:    Built-in
Network overview
Open Transport
    Installed:    Yes
    Active:    Yes
    Version:    2.0.2
AppleTalk
        Installed:    Yes
        Active:    Yes
        Version:    60
        File sharing:    is off
        Active network port(s):    Ethernet built-in
        Hardware Address:    00.05.9A.80.B4.4B
TCP/IP
        Installed:    Yes
        Active:    Yes
        Version:    2.0.2
        Broadcast:    0.0.0.0
        Netmask:    255.255.255.0
        IP address:    192.168.2.235
        Default gateway address:    192.168.2.250
        Name server address:    192.168.1.1
Production information
    ROM revision:    $77D.28F2

Not noted here but possibly important: I have both a Microsoft Intellimouse
Explorer (USB) and a conventional ADB mouse.  Both mice provoke this bug.

Jeff Stearns / jeff "at" 1fb.net / jeffstearns "at" home.com / 510-649-1816


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