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From: 128a-3db@e260-3b.berkeley.edu (Jonathan Dubman)
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Subject: Life After Death of MacPaint
Keywords: README
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Date: 23 Apr 89 07:46:13 GMT
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>mithomas@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (Michael Thomas Niehaus) writes:
>According to the May issue of MacUser, MacPaint is in its last version.
>MacPaint's features are to be included in the next version of MacDraw, which
>should be announced later this year.  Yogen Dalal, Claris' vice president of
>product development, is the person credited with making this statement.

>I can see Bill Atkinson cringing at the death of his child...

>-Michael Niehaus

GOOD NEWS:  MacPaint isn't dead, it's just taking on a new form.
BAD NEWS:   Swiss-Army-Knife software that tries to be all things to all people
            is often hard to use and confusing for the beginner.
            MacPaint 2.0 is harder for little kids to use than the original
            version.  The original, elegant MacPaint is, in a sense,
            already dead.
FIX:        All complicated applications should have a "beginner mode" with
            fewer accessible features.  We've already seen this in some
            applications.
PREDICTION: Claris is smart.  They'll do something like this.
            (Have they already?)

-Jonathan Dubman