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If you mean "normal" as similar to Windows 95, then there was a very good reason to experiment with alternatives: the US patent system.
by willtim 9y ago
If you mean "normal" as similar to Windows 95, then there was a very good reason to experiment with alternatives: the US patent system.
- bitL 9y agoMaybe. But experimenting sounds different than enforcing something on the end user. BTW, OS/2 had that Win95 taskbar look first.
- willtim 9y agoOS/2 did not have the Start menu. Here is Microsoft's "TaskBar with Start Menu" patent: http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5920316 http://www.google.co.uk/patents/US5920316
- reindeerer 9y agoA lot of that experimentation has been like efforts in trying to reconfigure the fundamentals of bicycle. Should pedals be pedals and should they be really at shoulder level, maybe the wheels should be side by side and one bigger than the other, steering wheel or touchscreen instead of handlebars .. Meanwhile, bicycles work.
- willtim 9y agoThe inventor of the start menu and taskbar disagrees with you: https://www.windowscentral.com/creator-first-start-menu-thinks-its-little-disappointing-its-still-used-windows-10 https://www.windowscentral.com/creator-first-start-menu-thin...