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- Subject: Re: GUIs Considered Harmful
- Message-ID: <exuptr.480.716145805@exu.ericsson.se>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 17:23:25 GMT
- References: <id.P72T.O1C@ferranti.com> <1992Sep9.235620.25510@spider.co.uk> <oefiyZO00VAt5mSIYY@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Sep10.145345.17065@sophia.smith.edu>
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- In article <1992Sep10.145345.17065@sophia.smith.edu> jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (John Fieber) writes:
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- >It really baffles me why other window systems have not adopted
- >proportional scroll bars. It is not like they are a new concept
- >or something---the Amiga has been using them for about 7 years
- >now. (And I seriously doubt Commodore would try to sue anybody
- >else who used them!)
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- Microsoft may be more worried about the proportional scrollbars in OS/2
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