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From: shores@fergvax.unl.edu (Shores)
Subject: Re: ScrollBar design question
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In <305426.2865D1B9@cmhgate.FIDONET.ORG> Adam.Frix@p18.f20.n226.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Adam Frix) writes:


>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?

Not totally sure, but I don't think the WinDudes deserve credit for that
either;  AmigaDOS has had them for a long time, I think b4 Windows did.
There is, however, at least one custom CDEF that does this.  I haven't
been able to get my hands on it though.  I think it's called Slider
CDEF.  If anyone does have this, please send a copy to Sumex!


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