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To: Freeciv Developers <freeciv-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Freeciv-Dev] Re: Scrollbars [patch]
From: Christian Knoke <ChrisK@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 12:59:45 +0200

Am Sonntag,  5. August 2001 12:33 schrieben Sie:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2001 at 12:15:44PM +0200, Christian Knoke wrote:
> > Am Sonntag,  5. August 2001 03:16 schrieben Sie:
> > > Also, the fact that you ring the canvas with buttons reduces the
> > > screen real estate. That's just one more thing for those of us
> > > without 21in monitors.
> >
> > I'm for removing the scrollbars (and buttons) at all (for that
> > reason), just encouraging the users to click in the main
> > or mini map.
> >
> > The first thing I learned with freeciv is to center the map,
> > and I never used the scrollbars since then.
>
> I use them a lot, for their intended purpose: smooth scrolling.
> So I agree they have to be smooth in order to be useful.

Ok. The good thing about GUIs is that you have the choice.

What about this: When you're going to make  an option for
scrollbars/buttons, could you make an option to remove them, too?

Christian

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