Re: GUIs Considered Harmful

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From: Mike Ovington
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 14:20

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In article <18oc3lINNh58@early-bird.think.com>, barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
|> 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.
|> 
Windows does not have proportional scroll bars.
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