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From: mkr@kestrel.Philips.Com (Michael K. Reed)
Newsgroups: comp.cog-eng,comp.software-eng
Subject: Re: OPEN LOOK
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Date: 20 Sep 88 17:06:32 GMT
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	Yes, it's true that the standard OPEN LOOK sets forth may not
be the right one for you in every case.  For instance, the scroll bars:

	Joe Average Programmer doesn't know how/why/whatever to make
	scroll bars work well, so he uses the defaults.

	BUT:

	YOU want to be able to design your OWN scroll bars.  Well,
	GO AHEAD!!!  Whats stopping you???  Just write your own
	scroll-bar-handling code into you program, and specify
	that the default scroll bar NOT show up in your window.


	The time will never come when an interface standard will include
all the scroll bar types that anyone might like to include in their
programs, not to mention all the other variable, so stop waiting...



				Michael

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