Re: GUIs Considered Harmful

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From: Barry Margolin
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 20:44

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In article <1992Sep10.145345.17065@sophia.smith.edu> jfieber@sophia.smith.edu (John Fieber) writes:
>It really baffles me why other window systems have not adopted
>proportional scroll bars.

What do you mean?  Most other GUIs have proportional scroll bars.  Open
Look, Motif, Athena widgets, and CLIM all have proportional scroll bars.  I
haven't used Windows, but since Motif is styled after Windows, I assume it
does as well.  The only GUI I've ever used that doesn't have them is the
Mac.

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Barry Margolin
System Manager, Thinking Machines Corp.

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From: barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin)
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Subject: Re: GUIs Considered Harmful
Date: 10 Sep 1992 20:44:37 GMT
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