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Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r99650: Put scroll-bar on right


From: Lennart Borgman
Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] /srv/bzr/emacs/trunk r99650: Put scroll-bar on right by default on UNIX.
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:42:19 +0100

On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 10:46 PM, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> wrote:
>    IMHO, if what RMS says about the newcomers' convenience having
>    preference is the definitive criteria (and I think it is a good one)
>    scrollbars should be on the right, where most people expect to see them
>    nowadays and thus decrease the weird/intimidating first impression that
>    Emacs may convey on prospective users.
>
> Concern for newcomers does not necessarily mean doing what they
> EXPECT.  It means doing what is useful for them.  Their previous
> expectations are part of that question, but not necessarily the whole
> of it.


If you want someone to learn something then it might be a good idea
not to patronize them. It is probably better to make it easy and
obvious to find what can be useful for them. If they want to learn
they will look for it.

And who starts using Emacs without wanting to learn? ;-)




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