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From: Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix)
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Subject: ScrollBar design question
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Date: 23 Jun 91 00:37:42 GMT
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dmittman@beowulf.JPL.NASA.GOV (David Mittman) writes:

DM> My office-mate repeatedly questions the wisdom of the Apple engineers 
DM> who designed the standard scrollbars. He would like to know why 
DM> the thumb (box) is not proportional, i.e. show how much information 
DM> of the total information content of the window is currently being 
DM> displayed, rather than positional. 

Maybe they wanted the Windows developers to have _something_ original to claim?

<BG>

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