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From: tgingric@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich)
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Subject: Re: Comments about the NeXT interface
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Date: 28 Jan 91 13:25:25 GMT
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In article <1991Jan26.200500.22284@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> mitroo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo) writes:
>
>I've had a cube since last November, and some problems with the user interface
>really bother me: 1st, Click to focus. I know this was heavily debated earlier
> ... [stuff removed] ...
>
>I don't really mind click to focus, but what really bothers me is that clicking
>anywhere in a window brings it to the front, hiding any overlapping windows.
>Why can't clicking in a window activate it, and maybe clicking on the drag
>bar or double-clicking would bring it to the front.  The NeXT has a nice, large
>screen, but I feel like I have to constantly rearrange windows to avoid any
>overlap.
>
As long as we're back to discussing interfaces again, how about

  - single-click to focus
  - double-click to focus & move to front 

This would avoid a 'philosophy change and system rewrite' that a move to 
point-to-focus would require while eliminating the constant need to rearrange
windows (maybe this would require a 'philosophy change and system rewrite' too).


Tyler

PS: How's this for an ego trip......
    Macintosh - The computer for the rest of us.
    NeXT      - The computer for the best of us.     
    :-)    :-)    :-)   (for the humor impaired)