[osol-discuss] Re: Re: About Solaris (mistakes) and future

[UNIX admin]

> Its scroll bars can let one get directly to the
> beginning or end, or move
> quickly anywhere, or move at a constant rate, with
> just the mouse, no
> control-mouse key combinations needed.  And its
> pushpins forced the
> adding to Motif of tear-off menus as part of the
> agreement on CDE.

You're right -- scroll bars in OpenLook were really innovative -- and useful, something one doesn't see in GUIs every day (very few modern GUIs have actually innovated anything since the XEROX days).
 
 
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