Disappearing what?
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| azerthoth Apr 30, 2010 11:20 AM EDT |
oh you mean like "Confirm or Deny", "Reboot Later", etc ... little things like that? Sorry I can think of a plethora of similar functions in computers. Whats the term I'm looking for in regards to patents and obviousness? |
| tracyanne Apr 30, 2010 6:34 PM EDT |
They'll still get a patent on it. |
| hkwint Apr 30, 2010 7:18 PM EDT |
Quoting:Whats the term I'm looking for in regards to patents and obviousness? Something with 'inventive step' I believe. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventive_step_and_non-obviousn... |
| gus3 Apr 30, 2010 7:35 PM EDT |
Microsoft already had the "disappearing [thing]" in Win95, with the Taskbar that hid until the user bumped the mouse pointer against the taskbar's hidden location. This smacks of the earlier patents, that were nothing but prior art, "but on the Internet, using XML!". In this case, it's "but we're making scrollbars disappear!" If M$ and APPL start squabbling over this, I'll bring the popcorn. |
| tuxchick Apr 30, 2010 10:44 PM EDT |
I'm so fed up with Apple and MS and all the other corporate [expletive deleteds] I want to bring my little .22 repeating plinker rifle. Make all the bozos dance. |
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