From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <7d3530220607240804g4519f44ek67978a7f9176507e@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:04:40 -0700 From: "John Floren" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] Investigating the Plan 9 Operating System - OSNews.com In-Reply-To: <775b8d190607240119h4b0bd62i1bd4acc9d91ba885@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <53f976bd0607231349m61fd0d1dw7fe71747699effd2@mail.gmail.com> <3e1162e60607231640o5f855965o91b3afd8fcdf3777@mail.gmail.com> <20060724074136.857521fb.20h@r-36.net> <775b8d190607240119h4b0bd62i1bd4acc9d91ba885@mail.gmail.com> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 88d34872-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 7/24/06, Bruce Ellis wrote: > i read through the slashdot stuff and saw no intelligence, > i liked the slam on scroll. it hasn't changed in 20 years > what's wrong? i can scroll a page or what i want, up or down. > i can click for "take me to absosulte position". > > stupid arrows and thumb-flickers will never replace it, nice > slow drop shadows too. > > and why is it that it's on the left? that's where you are typing. > > good to see that lunixes hate it. 4 million years they'll get it. > > brucee Are you talking about the scroll bars on Plan 9? They seem to me to be just like scroll bars on a plain old xterm, so I don't see what the Slashdot morons would be slamming--oh wait, it's Slashdot. John, Slashdot member (non-paying) -- TANSTAAFL! (There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!)