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From: kawakami@cyclone.Berkeley.EDU (John Kawakami)
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Subject: Re: Comparisons with Mac's Stepping Out II
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Date: 1 May 91 08:17:14 GMT
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I think that the next writer of a Bigscreen like program should incorporate
a "proportional pointer" (my term) like the mac CloseView program.  The
position of the pointer on the screen reflects the relative position of
the pointer on the virtual screen.  So as you move toward the desk menu
the pointer moves to the upper left corner of the CRT.  As you deal with
the File Selector, the pointer roves around the center of the screen.  If
you do something in the upper right corner of the virtual screen, the
pointer is in the upper right part of the screen.


John Kawakami                  kawakami@ocf.berkeley.edu
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