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Offline Josetann

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Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
« on: August 29, 2008, 09:11:26 AM »
The software maker has been granted a US patent on "navigating paginated content in page-based increments."  Microsoft has been granted a patent on 'Page Up' and 'Page Down' keystrokes.    The software giant applied for the patent in 2005, and was granted it on August 19, 2008....

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Offline Snake-Master

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Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2008, 01:01:33 AM »
What a load of rubbish. Do they not understand that nobody is going to steal Page Up and Page Down (Which I rarely use anyway).
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Microsoft patents 'Page Up' and 'Page Down'
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2008, 01:47:01 AM »
"paginated"

That is just an awesome word.

Someone should make a movie about Microsoft and get Arnold Schwarzenegger to be "The Paginator".
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