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| From | Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? |
| Date | 2014-02-28 16:29 +0000 |
| Organization | Piglet's Pickles & Preserves |
| Message-ID | <bnbrr7Ft83jU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <lenlm9$dao$1@solani.org> <slrnlh0sdc.8ll.g.kreme@amelia.local> <4kc1h9tj9eavjl4p3gnqakparbln03nd2b@4ax.com> |
On 2014-02-28, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote: > Still, it's one of those things that only seem apparent after you > actually use the system. I'm sure during development, a straight arrow > /seemed/ a good idea, until somebody sat down in front of the screen. > And the solution probably wasn't as self-evident as it now seems (the > simplest ideas rarely are). Thank god the developers listened to the > users, though; computing would be far more frustrating otherwise. I imagine in the early days at PARC, the developers *were* the users! -- Today is Prickle-Prickle, the 59th day of Chaos in the YOLD 3180 "Mistake Not My Current State Of Joshing Gentle Peevishness For The Awesome And Terrible Majesty Of The Towering Seas Of Ire That Are Themselves The Milquetoast Shallows Fringing My Vast Oceans Of Wrath"
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Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 15:30 +0000
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-27 08:15 -0800
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 20:16 +0000
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Koen Lefever <koen.lefever@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 07:17 -0800
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Dave Garland <dave.garland@wizinfo.com> - 2014-02-27 14:18 -0600
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-27 20:52 +0000
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-02-28 11:23 +0000
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2014-02-28 11:11 -0500
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2014-02-28 16:29 +0000
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-01 00:48 +0000
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-03-01 15:18 +0100
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-02 15:30 +0000
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2014-03-02 12:54 -0300
Re: Ever wondered why your mouse pointer is angled, not straight? Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2014-03-04 13:35 +0000
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