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My take is that Apple kind of invented the overlapping windows paradigm, the Xerox Alto didn’t have that concept, IIRC. Also, dragging something from the deskt
by tambourine_man 7y ago
My take is that Apple kind of invented the overlapping windows paradigm, the Xerox Alto didn’t have that concept, IIRC.
Also, dragging something from the desktop and dropping on a floating window was a major breakthrough, which is kind of incompatible with a split screen model.
Personally, on small screens like the original Mac, I think the floating/overlapping WM worked perfectly. On a 30” however, it’s a bit silly.
- wmf 7y agoThe original iPad had 4x the resolution of the original Mac yet the iPad was full screen only and now supports some kind of tiling. Based on some historical writings I wonder if overlapping windows were a gimmick that became the default.
- grzm 7y agoThe iPad is also single-app, and touch based. This is significantly different from multi-window/multi-app with a precision pointing device like a mouse. The windowing use-cases aren't the same.
- tambourine_man 7y agoThe original iPad screen physical size was actually rather similar to that of the original Mac. And apps often felt way too big on it. The calculator was so comically stretched that they couldn’t bring themselves to ship it. Full screen only is a simple yet overly contraining model.
- masonic 7y agoApple kind of invented the overlapping windows paradigm They preceded the X Window System?
- pjmlp 7y agoThey do, because X Windows System was the winner of the UNIX UI wars, there were plenty of more interesting UIs, even on UNIX world, like SunView.
- dmd 7y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System#Origin_and_early_development https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_Window_System#Origin_and_ear... - X announced in June 1984 The Macintosh was introduced in January 1984