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From: emv@umix.UUCP (Edward Vielmetti)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac,net.unix
Subject: Re: Porting UNIX Applications to the Mac
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Date: Thu, 18-Sep-86 23:50:27 EDT
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In article <267@uwmacc.UUCP> dubois@uwmacc.UUCP (Bill Winkle) writes:
>Mac users (some of 'em, anyway) like to talk about modeless
>operation, but let's not forget:  the mouse *IS* a mode.

Actually the Mac mouse interface is highly modal.  The meaning of
a mouse click depends entirely on where you are on screen.  MS Chart
used to (still does? don't know) switch cursors every time the meaning
of a mouse-click changed.  Run that thing over a chart and the cursor
would change 5, 10, 15 times.

Edward Vielmetti, U-Mich Computing Center, ihnp4!umich!umix!emv
					   emv@umix.cc.umich.edu