Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!uflorida!haven!ncifcrf!nlm-mcs!adm!smoke!gwyn
From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple's commitment
Message-ID: <8604@smoke.ARPA>
Date: 3 Oct 88 05:30:48 GMT
References: <8809201111.aa15129@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> <8XD6mly00VA-AUlUgI@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
Lines: 12

Another serious error on Apple's part is the apparent corporate commitment
to the Macintosh desktop as the ideal user interface.  I won't give detailed
objections to it here, but merely note that many of us who have been involved
in high-performance interactive computer graphics for many years now could
easily suggest improvements.  The single biggest problem is that it is too
difficult to provide a totally different interface that better suits a
particular application; there is too much "wired-in" dependence on the
complexities of the particular desktop model.  This applies just as much to
the 16-bit environment on the IIGS.

Ted Nelson's new edition of "Computer Lib/Dream Machines" is recommended
reading for those who have no idea what I'm talking about.