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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc
Subject: Re: Stirring the UI hornets' nest
Message-ID: <2665@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 8 Jan 89 17:21:26 GMT
References: <34500001@primerd>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <34500001@primerd>, dnk@primerd.prime.com writes:
> Is the lack of much visible debate on look & feel because A) I'm looking in the
> wrong place, B) because it's premature, or C) because it's perceived as too
> strategic a topic?

Because it's premature. Let's figure out a programmer interface for windowing
as simple and clean as stdio, then look-n-feel becomes a matter of recompiling
with the right library.
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