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From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: User Interface Consistency
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Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 20:51:08 EDT
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> There has been a fair amount of discussion about the relative merits
> of the Amiga, ST520, and the Mac.  However, little of it has covered
> what I consider to be a fundmental issue - user interface consistency.
...
> I see no sign of Atari or Commodore making a vigorous commitment to a
> uniform interface.  When the Mac was released Apple provided MacWrite
> and MacPaint.  These programs, while not perfect, provided a very good
> example of how the interface was meant to be done.  To the best of my
> knowledge no such examples exist for the ST520.
...
Perhaps this is because the Mac is a defacto role model and
example of a standard interface?  Just a thought ...

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