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From: pieter@prls.UUCP (Pieter van der Meulen)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Switches in 3D !!
Message-ID: <26778@prls.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 89 16:49:33 GMT
References: <26675@prls.UUCP> <241@spot.wbst128.xerox.com>
Reply-To: pieter@prls.UUCP (Pieter van der Meulen)
Organization: Philips Research Labs, Sunnyvale, California
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In article <241@spot.wbst128.xerox.com> lee@rocksanne.uucp (Lee Moore) writes:
>>... has not the most advanced user-interface anymore (such sacrilege :-) ).
>I would agree that in terms of *graphic design* the Smalltalk interface
>leaves alot to be desired.  It seems to be frozen in the seventies mind-set

I fully agree (notice the smily face); we have had our share of fighting
with the environment because of its limited graphics support.

>still state-of-the-art.  Since bitblt doesn't extend well to color or to
>devices of varying resolutions, the expressive power of Smalltalk is stunted.

The color version of Smalltalk, done by Tektronix, solves this problem
partially. It is a pitty that it seems to become a lost effort.
I guess that the "not invented here syndrom" applies in this case to ....

>Let's be civil!

'Message understood: civil'   (part of the Smalltalk culture?  :-)
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