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From: Jonadab the Unsightly One <jonadab@bright.net>
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Subject: Re: [9fans] What makes Plan 9 unique?
Date: Mon,  5 Nov 2001 14:59:43 +0000
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dhog@plan9.bell-labs.com (David Gordon Hogan) writes:

> Windoze _annoys_ me constantly (that is when I'm foolish
> or masochistic enough to bother using it).
>
> Like when I go to edit a mistyped word in a web page edit box, and
> as soon as I've moused over the first character, the selection
> expands to the entire word.  The neighbours must wonder why I'm
> swearing so much.

Clearly you are using an inferior editor.  Do not lay this at the feet
of the operating system.  You could download and install a perfectly
good editor[1], and then you would not have this problem.

Windows has its _own_ problems.  It does not need to have the flaws of
other software attributed to it as well.

-- jonadab

[1]  Hint:  see UserAgent header.