Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!fireant.ma.utexas.edu!chari From: chari@math.utexas.edu (Christopher M. Whatley) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Mac OS 7.0 to use point-and-click Message-ID: Date: 7 Jun 90 14:21:22 GMT References: <5635@helios.TAMU.EDU> <28980007@acf4.NYU.EDU> Sender: news@ut-emx.UUCP Lines: 22 fischer@iesd.auc.dk (Lars P. Fischer) writes: >I like to use the point-with-the-mouse method, combined with visual >highlighting of the window that currently takes input ("bars" in the >title-bar or whatever). There are times where I like to force the >input to stay with a specific window no matter where I move the mouse. >Happily, X lets me do that with a single mouse-click. >To each his own. That's (part of) the beauty of X. The beauty of X?? What planet are you from? X is a major kludge (albeit a very useful one) whose only claim to fame is its free-ness. X is about as beautiful as an IBM OS. Before you start flaming me back, I should say that I use X daily and generally like the newest release. I just consider it to be about as elegant as Ripple (Hobo wine). -- "I've got good news. The gum you like is going to come back in style." -- Chris Whatley - Research Systems Administrator UT-Austin Mathematics E-mail: chari@math.utexas.edu (NeXT) Ph: (O):512/471-7711 (H):512/499-0475