Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site amdahl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!gamma!epsilon!zeta!sabre!petrus!bellcore!decvax!decwrl!sun!amdahl!ems From: ems@amdahl.UUCP (ems) Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: User Interface Consistency Message-ID: <2080@amdahl.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Oct-85 20:51:08 EDT Article-I.D.: amdahl.2080 Posted: Thu Oct 3 20:51:08 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Oct-85 07:12:23 EDT References: <2077@amdahl.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Circle C Shellfish Ranch, Shores-of-the-Pacific, Ca Lines: 19 > 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 ... -- E. Michael Smith ...!{hplabs,ihnp4,amd,nsc}!amdahl!ems This is the obligatory disclaimer of everything. (Including but not limited to: typos, spelling, diction, logic, and nuclear war)