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Subject:Re: What moves on screen? From:Vincent Borghi <vb -at- SCOPE -dot- FDN -dot- ORG> Date:Wed, 29 Jun 1994 09:03:05 GMT
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? [...]
In fact, the answers do not reflect necessarily opinions:
Students, since they are students, provide the answer they think the
professor expects. Tech writers have no hierarchic relation with
the professor, so they answer freely (they do give their true opinion).
PS: apologies for my poor english.
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