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Article #40787Re: Multiple monitors (was: Xerox sues Apple!)
From: Larry Rosenstein
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1990 02:14
Date: Fri, 05 Jan 1990 02:14
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In article <1258@awdprime.UUCP> ron@woan.austin.ibm.com (Ronald S. Woan)
writes:
> Which relates to my original point that a window spanning multiple
> monitors is seldom used for any real purpose. Dragging from one
> monitor to another and having the mouse cursor zip from one monitor to
> the other is far more used.
It may be seldom used, but there are cases where you need that extra inch
of screen width and it's nice to be able to do it. Also, I would argue
that this is the most natural use of multiple monitors from the user's
point of view.
Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.
Object Specialist
Internet: lsr@Apple.com UUCP: {nsc, sun}!apple!lsr
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!apple!Apple.COM!lsr From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Multiple monitors (was: Xerox sues Apple!) Message-ID: <6022@internal.Apple.COM> Date: 5 Jan 90 02:14:26 GMT Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Distribution: usa Organization: Objects-R-Us, Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 18 References: <10784@claris.com> <6001@internal.Apple.COM> <1258@awdprime.UUCP>