scrollbars on the right [was: seaside mini image]

>> On 2/17/07, Todd Blanchard wrote:
>...
>>> - I hate the scrollbars on the left,
>>
>> Some older smalltalkers hate scrollbars on the right ;-)
>
>Nooo :) I am an old smalltalker and I don't hate scrollbars on the
>right.  
>Instead I hate the long mouse moves. Text is usually left aligned and so  
>moving the scrollbar into the opposite direction is, on the average, the  
>longest move. I suffered from a double crunch syndrome (two nerves  
>crunched, arm and hand) only because I had to use MS$ scrollbars for
>some
>decades [no joke].

> klaus.witzel at cobss.com wrote:
>>> On 2/17/07, Todd Blanchard wrote:
>> ...
>>>> - I hate the scrollbars on the left,
>>>
>>> Some older smalltalkers hate scrollbars on the right ;-)
>>
>> Nooo :) I am an old smalltalker and I don't hate scrollbars on the
>> right.
>> Instead I hate the long mouse moves. Text is usually left aligned and so
>> moving the scrollbar into the opposite direction is, on the average, the
>> longest move. I suffered from a double crunch syndrome (two nerves
>> crunched, arm and hand) only because I had to use MS$ scrollbars for
>> some
>> decades [no joke].
>
>> Only people who do texts from right to left (there are many) can hate
>> scrollbars on the left :)
>
> As a NEXTSTEP dev , I totally agree. Every important tools (scrollbar,
> menus, shade button) should be on the left and the lesser on the right
> (close button). I think the Windows/Motif display is the end of the
> ergonomic WIMP.