Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <48228@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 1 May 91 17:15:39 GMT References: <47889@ut-emx.uucp> <47946@ut-emx.uucp> <6o6G#_oz1@cs.psu.edu> <48101@ut-emx.uucp> <48163@ut-emx.uucp> <+b5G-i&-1@cs.psu.edu> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 27 In article <+b5G-i&-1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: > >In article <48163@ut-emx.uucp> greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) writes: > > The fact is that IB style programs are > available for the Amiga, and have been for longer than the 040 NeXT has > been available, like I said. Most programmers haven't seen the need for > them, since the UI is easy enough to work with that they simply code it > themselves. It would be a waste to include such software with the Amiga, > since it would see very little use. > >On what basis are you making your conclusion? Well, interface-builders have been around since version 1.1 of the OS, according to a couple people. That's 5 years. In that time, some rather good programs have been written. Still, they haven't gained very widespread use. In groups like comp.sys.amiga.programmer (and its predecessor, comp.sys.amiga.tech) IB style programs have been discussed. Several programmers spoke up at times and said that they didn't need software like that -- that the Amiga's GUI was simple enough to program as it is. -- Greg Harp |"I was there to match my intellect on national TV, | against a plumber and an architect, both with a PhD." greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu| -- "I Lost on Jeopardy," Weird Al Yankovic