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From: loki@physics.mcgill.ca (Loki Jorgenson Rm421)
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Subject: Re:input and 4.0
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Date: 22 Dec 90 16:06:59 GMT
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>> Date: 22 Dec 90 06:17:50 GMT
>> From: tom rohling <wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!spool2.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!uceng!trohling@eddie.mit.edu>


>>    With all the buzz about 4.0 and X and the dissappearence of NeWS, I
>> have only one hope:  I have become *very* accustomed to just moving my
>> mouse to change which window I'm typing in,  where my experience with
>> Motif has (on the RS6000's) been that you have to pop that window before
>> you can type in it.  I find that very annoying and I hope that feature of
>> NeWS is not lost in its implementation on these machines.

	I second that whole heartedly.  Having worked with the RS/6000
and Personal IRI, I would caution SGI from altering the feel of their
windowing too much away from the current NeWS feel.... especially if
moving toward the typical X-window feel.  You (SGI) should make sure you
know what your customers like about your windowing before changing
things.  Starting with me, I *don't* like the IBM's windows.

Regards,
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