From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <73353f6181f6a98dc4432ad0a0e0decb@tombob.com> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: RE: [9fans] scrollbar From: plan9@blueyonder.co.uk In-Reply-To: <81132473206F3A46A72BD6116E1A06AE479D2B@black.aprote.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2004 11:17:26 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 136641b0-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 When writing text in left-to-right languages like english, you are more likely to be focussing your attention on the left side of your window. Cursor positioning is therefore also more likely to be nearer to the left edge of the window. So, your mouse pointer is more likely to be closer to the left edge of your window. Robby