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From: garya@marvin.Solbourne.COM (Gary Aitken)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: OSF statements about OPEN LOOK
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Date: 26 Sep 90 00:28:28 GMT
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> I don't buy the 2* number.  In fact, I can just make all of the buttons
> do their operations and have no Okay button, then Cancel will take it down
> and I have all the functionality of a Pushpin.

Yep.  But at the added inconvenience to the user where they now have to click
on two buttons for the "normal" case (do the operation and take the box down).

> But given the lack of a better suggestion I'd love to see
> pushpins added to Motif.  We even considered it when we were putting together
> the Motif definition but we didn't think it would go over real well.
> I can see it now...  "Hi!  We don't really want most of Open Look, but
> we really liked your pushpins, how about if we just take those?  And if you
> really want us to take more, how much is that cute little magnifying glass in
> the Help window?"

So, out of curiosity, how much else suffered from NIH?

OK, all you OSF spec writers, how about it?  I'd sure vote for it but my vote
doesn't count since I'm not a member...