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<blockquote data-quote="mbuzina" data-source="post: 704229" data-attributes="member: 12382">What I guess happend is:* There once was an option to auto hide the mouse. Some people had the option set to yes, others to no.* The devs decided that there is no reason on htpc sw not to auto hide the mouse (true), so they removed the configuration option.* But as it was easier, they kept the original code and the config setting in the xml file. In the new standard file (used when freshly installing MP) the setting was set to yes.* But when upgrading, MP keeps your settings as they are (it might add a few, but usually it does not change them). So* People that upgraded from previous version had the original setting (some were set to no) and no way of changing the setting any more.* They started a support thread in the forum and someone found the original setting in the xml.* I am commenting on how this occured ;-)What do we learn from this: Development is a tough task and somehow requires people to think a lot of parallel solutions at the same time. There are no short cuts in development.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mbuzina, post: 704229, member: 12382"] What I guess happend is: * There once was an option to auto hide the mouse. Some people had the option set to yes, others to no. * The devs decided that there is no reason on htpc sw not to auto hide the mouse (true), so they removed the configuration option. * But as it was easier, they kept the original code and the config setting in the xml file. In the new standard file (used when freshly installing MP) the setting was set to yes. * But when upgrading, MP keeps your settings as they are (it might add a few, but usually it does not change them). So * People that upgraded from previous version had the original setting (some were set to no) and no way of changing the setting any more. * They started a support thread in the forum and someone found the original setting in the xml. * I am commenting on how this occured ;-) What do we learn from this: Development is a tough task and somehow requires people to think a lot of parallel solutions at the same time. There are no short cuts in development. [/QUOTE]

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