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Subject:Re: What moves on screen? From:Nora Merhar <merhar -at- ALENA -dot- CORP -dot- ROCKWELL -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 30 Jun 1994 09:55:59 CDT
I suppose I missed this discussion:
Michael LaTorra <mikel -at- accugraph -dot- com> writes:
> ....... The Question ...............
> Is a computer window unmoving while data scrolls behind it,
> or does the window move across files of unmoving data?
> ...... The Issues ..................
> [...] All of the Tech Writers thought that the window was fixed and
> the data moved, while the CS students believed the opposite.
> Is this division of opinion significant? [...]
I am curious--which is it? Does the data move, or does the window move? I expect
this has already been discussed, but would someone clue me in?
P.S. Vincent--don't worry about your English. I took French for around 10
years, but I imagine your English is still much better than my French :-)
