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Article #2961

The New Browser

#2961
From: Sean Luke
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 18:58
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I like the concept behind the new browser (removing the vertical buttons  
in favor of a scrollbar...see your 3.0 Open Panel for an example), but  
something about it just didn't sit right with me.  Then it hit me:

You can move the scrollbar and nothing will happen.

It seems the browser reacts by snapping to the nearest place to which you  
dragged the scrollbar.  But that just doesn't feel...I dunno...*NeXTSTEP*.   
In NeXTSTEP, when you drag a scrollbar, something happens--a window  
scrolls, or a value changes, or whatnot.  But the browser doesn't do  
realtime changes...it's weird.  I think NeXT should go back to the  
original way, or use some other widget to control moving around in their  
browsers--it doesn't feel consistent.

--

Sean Luke
Brigham Young University                   MILK:  It Comes From Cows
sean@digaudio.byu.edu  
NeXTmail and nifty Mac stuff welcome
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From: feijai@endor.byu.edu (Sean Luke)
Date: 12 Oct 92 11:58:16 -0700
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