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From: borton@sdcc3.UUCP (Chris Borton)
Newsgroups: net.micro.mac
Subject: Re: Control panel on Mac+
Message-ID: <3239@sdcc3.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 21-Apr-86 13:18:29 EST
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In article <1648@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
>...  I remember the
>first time I played with a Mac at a computer store.  I went into the
>control panel, and had a little trouble deciphering some of the
>pictures, especially the auto-repeat controls.  I walked across the room
>and tried the control panel on the Lisa, and was pleasantly surprised
>that it had English captions.  When I first tried the Mac+, I had the
>same feeling.  I never understood why they removed them between the Lisa
>and the Mac.

I believe this was a result of Steve Jobs' no-text-needed philosophy.  
EVERYTHING was to be done with icons!  All-intuitive!  Anyone can use it!
Even 'a child' should figure it out.  I remember the article in BYTE describing
the Mac when it first came out noting that hardware-wise it was an 
'international' machine--the sticker on the back was the only English on 
the whole package (including the box!).

I personally like both--the old one was a bit 'cleaner', but the new one is
perhaps less ambiguous at times.  The new Tablet/Mouse choice is certainly 
better!

-Chris
-- 
Chris Borton, UC San Diego Undergraduate CS; Micro Consultant, UCSD
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