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Anent the question of two or more windows
 from a joystick controller--

Andrew wrot thusly:
>some controllers are not limited to two inputs,
>so you could control several windows at once - though I'm not sure if
>that would be useful.

Right, but since almost all game controllers have
 either one or two inputs, that's the only relevant
 number in the near future.

Best, T


At 02:47 PM 11/26/98 +1100, you wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 03:06:54AM +0900, Ted Nelson wrote:
>> The two-joystick thing is great for two windows,
>>  but as soon as we go to multi windows it's less
>>  relevant.
>> 
>> Andrew-- is there a way to communicate
>>  with two Netscape (or IE) windows at once?
>>  In that case the user could select which two
>>  are currently Joyful.  (Cf. 'accursed'.)
>
>Yes, and furthermore some controllers are not limited to two inputs,
>so you could control several windows at once - though I'm not sure if
>that would be useful.
>
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