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From: hadeishi@h-sc4.harvard.edu (mitsuharu hadeishi)
Newsgroups: net.micro.68k,net.micro.mac,net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: BYTE issue of September 86 focuses on the 68000
Message-ID: <234@husc6.HARVARD.EDU>
Date: Mon, 22-Sep-86 14:33:23 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 22 14:33:23 1986
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Reply-To: hadeishi@h-sc4.UUCP (tom corcoran)
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Organization: Harvard Science Center
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Keywords: amiga user interface
Summary: Programmer Interface is Important, Too
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	The important point made by the author of the Amiga-Mac article
in the September 86 BYTE issue was that it was a lot easier for the programmer
to implement a friendly user interface on the Amiga than on the Mac.
The example given, that of resizing a window with a scroll bar, is
indicative of the different level of support the operating system gives
the programmer.  In the case of the Mac, it is a very complex and lengthy
process to resize such a window, whereas on the Amiga the operation is
simple, from the programmer's point of view.  From the user's point of
view the two machine appear identical; however if it is easier for the
programmer then A) the programmer is free to concentrate on details of
the program's operation, thereby enhancing the product the user is using,
and B) programs can be written much more quickly and with less debugging.
These two points can potentially make a great deal of difference for the\
average user.  It is also true that lazy programmers can write programs
with crummy user interfaces; but this can also be done on the Mac (although
it typically is not done.)
			-Mitsu (hadeishi@h-sc4.UUCP)