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From: dtw@F.GP.CS.CMU.EDU (Duane Williams)
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Subject: Re: Poor Mac Design Philosophy
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| 	Again, more Mac-Like than what? The Finder is a program that
| has no analog anywhere in the personal computer industry. True, there are
| Mac-alike "desktop" things like Windows and GEM, but note what I just said:
| the Finder is the prototype for graphical operating-system interfaces.

A prototypical Mac program is defined by Apple's User Interface Guidelines.
Sadly, the Finder is not prototypical, because it deviates from the
Guidelines in some respects.  There were no instances of the prototype among
the early Mac programs (Finder, MacWrite, MacPaint).  Of course, any day now
the Finder may become prototypical, because the rules (which Apple
criticizes developers for breaking) are constantly changing.

Duane.Williams@cs.cmu.edu