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- From: alfa@b23a.b23a.ingr.com (Laura Walker)
- Subject: Re: Click to Raise Windows vs. Point to Raise
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.181420.15745@b23a.b23a.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph
- References: <3904326@bailey.UUCP>
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 18:14:20 GMT
- Lines: 60
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- When operating in an application I want click-to-raise.
- If just using windows I want point-to-raise.
-
- Embellishment:
- I'm using a page-layout program (FrameMaker or any) and have open
- multiple views of multiple documents, plus tear-off windows for certain
- features that I access frequently. It's extremely annoying to have windows
- bouncing up active everytime I move my mouse button. Page-layout (or CAD, etc)
- are very mouse-y activities where click-to-raise is a necessity.
-
- Whereas...if I'm just using windows to write scripts, or access e-mail
- (or the usenet) my mouse is inactive. In this situation, I prefer that
- X knows that when I move my mouse and point it on another window I really
- mean it.
-
- I've tried both things both ways. And I want it both ways. Too bad!
- (or perhaps you know of a way I can have it both ways?).
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- >mattf@cac.washington.edu (Matthew Freedman) writes:
- >> Before we change the system to match this defacto standard, the
- >> point-to-raiseists would like to see hard evidence that click-to-raise
- >> is really better. Does anybody have any? If not, unsubstantiated
- >> personal opinion would be welcome too.
- >>
-
- >ben@bailey.UUCP (Ben Bailey) writes:
- >I wouldn't be too concerned about which is better, but would instead
- >try to recognize a standard when one exists. By doing it the way you
- >are, one way or the other, you are forcing people to have to relearn
- >a method, either when they come to your system from MS-Windows/Mac,
- >or when they go to it (as they surely will). The question then becomes
- >how many additional people are you going to force to have to go through
- >the relearning curve?
-
- >> Please note that followups have been directed to comp.human-factors.
- >>
- >> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
- >> = Matthew M. Freedman =
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- >Ben
- >--
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