Date: Fri, 10 Jan 1997 22:49:36 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Fred Gilham <gilham@csl.sri.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A cool xterm? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970110223903.11354I-100000@fallout.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199701101606.IAA03133@impulse.csl.sri.com>
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On Fri, 10 Jan 1997, Fred Gilham wrote: > I'm wondering what this means. Is it that people don't like the fact > that the scrollbar works the way it does? Or is it that they don't > like the way it looks? What exactly is wrong with the scrollbar? Its ugly, but it does give you a reasonably accurate representation of the view and the total size of the scrollable area. Unfortunately, everything else about it is a complete user interface disaster. It starts off with a *complete* disconnect between manipulation affordances and actual manipulation methods and goes downhill from there. The fact that to this day, people re-implement the same behavior in new products completely baffles me. I've been using the things for years and I still fumble and curse when I have to use them. -john
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