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From: daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k,net.micro.mac,net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Re: BYTE issue of September 86 focuses on the 68000
Message-ID: <736@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 13:08:57 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.736
Posted: Mon Sep 15 13:08:57 1986
Date-Received: Tue, 16-Sep-86 05:54:30 EDT
References: <158@zen.BERKELEY.EDU>
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Xref: mnetor net.micro.68k:1228 net.micro.mac:7000 net.micro.amiga:4666

> Summary: User Interface Rules!
> Xref: cbmvax net.micro.68k:272 net.micro.mac:2631 net.micro.amiga:2556
> 
> The whole point of the Mac is its User Interface. The strategy is to make
> all the hardships of using a computer disappear. Naturally, this also forces
> the programmer to do a lot more. This means that the most accepted way of
> writing programs will be to use a skeleton such as MacApp. Hopefully there
> will be enough programmers willing to put up with this hassle, because the
> market sure needs a computer that's easy to use.
> 
> 	  Christian Wiedmann
> 
> (Insert cute signature here)

The whole point of the article was that the Amiga and MAC user interfaces
were performing exactly the same functions, but that the MAC forces the
programmer to explicitly call functions to do what the Intuition task on
th Amiga does for him automatically.  The ease of use here is identical.
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Dave Haynie    {caip,ihnp4,allegra,seismo}!cbmvax!daveh

	"I gained nothing at all from Supreme Enlightenment, and
	 for that very reason it is called Supreme Enlightenment."
							-Gotama Buddha

	These opinions are my own, though for a small fee they be yours too.
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