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Old 08-26-2023, 08:00 PM   #11
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Scrolling is the worst reading experience. Pages were invented over 2,000 years ago.
Over 5,000 years ago if you regard cuneiform tablets as a paged user interface.

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Computers only had scrolling due to lack of memory, stupidity and continuous paper teletypes, from 1950s.
ASR 33s were all they had at CERN in the '80s


On topic: does anyone know how to get an 'at a glance' indication of the current mode - e.g. change the button from scroll to a page.

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