Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!mcvax!guido
From: guido@cwi.nl (Guido van Rossum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: The Last Screensaver
Message-ID: <310@piring.cwi.nl>
Date: 10 May 88 08:57:09 GMT
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Reply-To: guido@cwi.nl (Guido van Rossum)
Organization: The Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Amoebae
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My God, here we are discussing the ultimate screen saver, designing a
programmer's interface for it and all in full generality...

Surely there are areas of the Mac that more sorely need an improved
interface than the screen saver.  Screen savers to me seem the ultimate
target for show-offs.  All I want from a screen saver is that my screen
blanks while showing a little bit of activity to distinguish it from a
machine that's off.  In fact I want it to move as little as possible,
because fireworks are only distracting when I'm reading papers or
talking to someone in my office.

If we want to improve part of the Mac, how about inventing a transparent
way to get rid of the Font/DA mover?  I'd like to be able to drag fonts
and DA's into and out of the system folder.  No need to reboot
(restarting application's OK).  Much better user interface, conceptually
clear.
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Guido van Rossum, Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Amsterdam
guido@piring.cwi.nl or mcvax!piring!guido or guido%piring.cwi.nl@uunet.uu.net