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From: raveling@Unify.com (Paul Raveling)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Not impressed with MacX
Message-ID: <1990Dec3.093045@Unify.com>
Date: 3 Dec 90 17:30:45 GMT
References: <9011290206.AA00343@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> <1990Nov29.110947@springer.Apple.COM>
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In article <1990Nov29.110947@springer.Apple.COM>, x@springer.Apple.COM
(Steve Peters) writes:

	[About 1-button mice]

> ... The hard, ugly, X reality ( ;-) ) is dressed
> with 3 buttons.

	My view is that the ugliest part of reality is that some
	[Apple] systems have a mouse with only one button.  Given
	a choice of using additional buttons or modal coding via
	multiple clicks or shift keys, extra buttons are easier
	to use.

	In fact, sometimes I even wish for a 5-button mouse --
	and X is ready for it, even if "normal" clients aren't.

	BTW, the one-button mouse was a key factor in my decision
	a few years ago to buy a PC-AT clone instead of a Lisa.
	Since then Apple's attempt to claim look & feel as its
	private property has become a bigger reason to avoid an
	otherwise decent product IM[H?]O.


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Paul Raveling
Raveling@Unify.com