> "I think there's still widespread agreement that they really fucked up Amiga's OS layer with AmigaDOS." That's because it was a rush job. http://www.thule.n

> "I think there's still widespread agreement that they really fucked up Amiga's OS layer with AmigaDOS." That's because it was a rush job. http://www.thule.no/haynie/caos.html http://www.thule.no/haynie/caos.html > "And the initial Amiga UI has got to win the prize for ugliest 1.0 GUI ever." That's highly subjective. Many users (myself included) see that early 1.x interface as iconic. Here's another example of someone who probably liked it (as the saying goes, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery): https://www.chromeexperiments.com/experiment/chiptunecom-gui https://www.chromeexperiments.com/experiment/chiptunecom-gui One design issue with Amigas was lack of support for chunky graphics modes. I remember reading an interview with Jay Miner where he implied he'd have supported chunky graphics (alongside planar graphics) if he'd considered how much cheaper RAM would become.