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From: jim@ci-dandelion.UUCP (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Re: Jim Fulton's comments
Message-ID: <1801@ci-dandelion.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 26-May-87 15:31:32 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 26 15:31:32 1987
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Organization: Cognition, Inc., Billerica, Ma.
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Summary: still is USER INTERFACE vs. WINDOW SYSTEM (different beasts)

I think that everyone is in violent agreement that having a good common user
interface is VERY important.  The point that I was trying to make in previous
postings was that this is NOT something that should be built into the window
system specification.  I strongly suspect (and hope) that commercial
applications written for the "Industry Standard Window Systems" will use the
common toolboxes and "play by the rules" so that they will work well with a
*variety* of User Interface Managers (which in themselves will become avenues
for commercial development).  However, there is and always will be room for
growth and the development of new ideas. 

The barbs being flung at X and NeWS should instead be aimed at the toolkits
that will reside on top of them.  It is a much harder problem than first
appears given the wide range of display, CPU, and network hardware that will
used.

							Jim Fulton
							Cognition Inc.
                                                        900 Tech Park Drive
uucp:  ...!{mit-eddie,talcott,necntc}!ci-dandelion!jim  Billerica, MA  01821
arpa:  jim@athena.mit.edu, fulton@eddie.mit.edu         (617) 667-4800