Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.misc Subject: Re: Xerox sues Apple! Keywords: lawsuit over original WIMP ui... at last Message-ID: <7350@ficc.uu.net> Date: 18 Dec 89 23:38:07 GMT References: <172@comcon.UUCP> <7326@ficc.uu.net> <1989Dec18.170653.24963@phri.nyu.edu> Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 12 In article <1989Dec18.170653.24963@phri.nyu.edu> roy@alanine.UUCP (Roy Smith) writes: > What does popping the active window to the front have to do with a > one-button mouse? I don't see any reason why, with a one-button mouse, > you can't do suntools style window activation. You're right. I'm not familiar with SunTools but I'm sure there are things they could have done. But it's still brain-damaged. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. . 'U` Also or . "It was just dumb luck that Unix managed to break through the Stupidity Barrier and become popular in spite of its inherent elegance." -- gavin@krypton.sgi.com