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Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> Randal's recent message reminded me of my pet peeve with the MIME
> numbering system: If most of the buttons are hidden, why are they
> numbered?  I find it highly confusing that the visible buttons have
> non-contiguous numbers, like 2, 3, 8, 15, ...

I find it highly useful that the numbers indicate that there are other
hidden buttons.

kai
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