ae wont stop tracking once started

[getho]

Nothing in the interface responds to anything

this isn't just a one-off, it happens all the time.  Or is it just me thats lucky enough to have found this?

[nubnubbud]

there is one- a pause button. it's nonfunctional- and it doesn't seem like it's going to be fixed any time soon. it's gotten more repeatable with every version, actually, and is getting worse. it happens because the program, despite using few resources, is somehow unable to both keep up with processing and mouse click events or keypresses at the same time. The code just isn't good enough any more because it's gotten so much bulk, and so few updates to actual usability. after all, a good program doesn't impress shareholders, but bells and whistles do.

Remember- the people who fund  adobe are no longer mostly artists, but the ones who pay the artists, so we can no longer expect updates to be things aligned with artist needs, just things bad managers like to push on people in some abstract push toward "measurable productivity."

[Dimirti2228157372hc]

How ridiculous is this?! theochino's workaround did the trick for me.
Adobe fix your software.

[fab_thefab]

I use the escape key. Once or twice and it halts the tracking script. But still Adobe could fix this.

[fab_thefab]

And keep it pressed a little. Do not hit the key too fast.