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On other OS designs: “ They are navigationally cumbersome, asking users to go to the "other end of town" to pick up their email from the Post Office” Made me la
by reidjs 6y ago
On other OS designs:
“ They are navigationally cumbersome, asking users to go to the "other end of town" to pick up their email from the Post Office”
Made me laugh, it seems silly now, but that’s a pretty creative way of describing what’s going on.
- mxcrossb 6y agoWhen I was a kid, I remember the Max my family owned have several different UIs you could enter in to. I think maybe the idea was that some of them were more kid friendly? When I saw those pictures in the article it took me back to that time.
- Lammy 6y agoYou’re probably thinking of “At Ease”! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Ease https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/At_Ease
- dafoex 6y agoSounds like the village that Microsoft Bob's house was in. I don't actually think the ideas of things like Bob were bad, though, I just think they were cumbersome. Using the post office example, a top down map would solve everything, and be close enough a "start menu" that a totally fresh user might feel confident trying a computer without balancing wheels.
- fbelzile 6y ago"Might as well check my Thunderbird mail on the way to open Firefox in Mozillatown!" :)