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Article #25023Uwm extensions, perhaps - resizing/namestripes etc
From: MANSFIEL
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1987 12:40
Date: Mon, 02 Mar 1987 12:40
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mnetor!yetti!geac!len@seismo.css.gov (Leonard Vanek) in <554@geac.UUCP> writes:- > In article <9884@sri-spam.istc.sri.com> wohler@sri-spam.UUCP (Bill Wohler) > writes: > > > >>For example, have sensitive areas on borders of > >>windows that can be used to resize them; > > > > please, no! not having to go to the namestripe or border is one of > > the features that makes x a "faster" system than suntools. > > > I second that! I am not familiar with Suntools, but I find Macintosh > windows hard to use because the Mac requires such precise mouse > positioning to get at the correct control in the window borders > or to get at part of the information near the edge of the > window. I third that! I *have* used Suntools, and I find it three and a half times worse even than Macintoshes - just too great a precision in mouse positioning is required. Niall
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ucbvax!EMBL.BITNET!MANSFIEL From: MANSFIEL@EMBL.BITNET.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Uwm extensions, perhaps - resizing/namestripes etc Message-ID: <8703021306.AA21618@ATHENA> Date: Mon, 2-Mar-87 07:40:22 EST Article-I.D.: ATHENA.8703021306.AA21618 Posted: Mon Mar 2 07:40:22 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 3-Mar-87 20:14:23 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Distribution: world Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 23