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Chapter 12: ReferenceSpeed Options dialog box: Pause Button Responsiveness radio buttonsDepending on whether Pause Button Faster, Computations Faster, or No Pause Button is selected,Canary allows more or less time for tasks other than background computation. This choice affectsthe machine’s responsiveness to all user interaction (not just clicking the Pause button) and thespeed of any other applications that are running at the same time as Canary.Speed Options dialog box: Waveform Drawing radio buttonsIf Best waveform drawing is selected, every point in the digitized signal is used to draw thewaveform. If Faster or Fastest is selected, Canary skips some points, which speeds up the drawingprocess at the expense of precision. Although very sharp, brief peaks in the waveform may bemissed in Fastest mode, in practice the waveforms drawn in Best and Fastest modes are oftenindistinguishable from each other.Graphic controls and mouse iconsThis section contains an entry for each graphic control item and mouse icon used by Canary. Eachentry shows the control item or icon and identifies it by name. Command panel buttons are shownfirst, followed by mouse icons, and graphic elements that appear within signal windows. Thissection does not include entries for graphic controls that are standard throughout the Macintoshenvironment (e.g., window scrolling controls).Canary 1.2 User’s Manual 181