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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]
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Date: 28 Feb 91 18:05:49 GMT
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> ... And I still want the buttons, because ...

The traversal model provided needs work.  I think that a well written
traversal interface coupled with a keyboard proficient operator will
beat a mouse interface every time.

Unfortunately the style that Motif emulates in this regard is not what
I consider very good (barely adequate is my opinion).

#ifdef _BROAD_TANGENT

What occurs to me is that what we really need is to attach the X 
"focus" to the user focus.  The focus ought to go to where I'm looking.
The ideal traversal model needs to use some of the same technology that
the military uses for targeting.

Anybody out there want to build and market such an input device?  I'll
buy at least one.

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