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From: ben@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Benjamin Ellsworth)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Re: Toolkit for Open Look *and* OSF/Motif Look and Feel [why I don't believe]
Message-ID: <100920303@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com>
Date: 28 Feb 91 17:57:01 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, OR, USA
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> Unless, of course, you can't type worth a damn, in which case what
> you want is MOUSE accelerators.

Learn to type; you'll never regret it ;-)

I hate mouse driven interfaces.  They exacerbate my tendonitis in my
wrist.  I think that the "drag" operation ought to be outlawed by OSHA.

> ... Ever used the middle mouse button in a Motif scroll bar to get
> you somewhere fast?

As a matter of fact, I have.  I wrote that code (the motif scrollbar
code which allows that behavior).  I'm glad to hear that you like it.


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