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From: MSER001@ECNCDC.BITNET (Scott Hutinger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: New GS ROMs [user interface?]
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Date: 21 Aug 89 12:59:00 GMT
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I think that Richard Ewing <rewing@APPLE.COM> stated:
>Mac 512K product.  Finally, we introduce a machine that mimicks the
>Mac Plus in many ways, and goes beyond it on others.  It has 1 meg of memory
>on board (1 mbit RAMs) and 256K of highly optimized ROMs.  Combined

I just wonder why the interface was not improved past the mac.  Its not that
I don't like the current user interface, but would like to see both machines
get a better user interface.  By improvement, I mean little things that
would make the machine easier to use.  For example each disk icon should
graphically show how much disk space is actually used, and remaining.  A hier-
archical menu is really not very user friendly, as you need some degree of
fine motor skill to even access it.  Check out the NeXT hierarchical menu,  it
is more of a tear off menu.

Their are more little items that really need to be revised in my view.  But,
then again, don't put down something you have no control over.

scott hutinger   mser001@ecncdc.bitnet