Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!bloom-beacon!EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU!jim From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: HP's 3D UI style Message-ID: <8909251734.AA02728@expo.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 25 Sep 89 17:34:06 GMT References: <17707@bellcore.bellcore.com> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: X Consortium, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science Lines: 10 5) How does HP feel about the NeXT look and feel? Likewise, how does NeXT feel about HP's 3D widgets? They look pretty similar to me. And to add fuel to the fire, neither HP nor NeXT were the first to use a 3d appearance, even under X. There have been products from several vendors in the Mechanical CAD/CAE markets that have been using 3d icons, menus, etc. for several years. Jim