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Personally I think GUIs took a wrong step somewhere between the Alto and the first Macs. Specifically because we've lost this ability: https://youtu.be/AnrlSqtp
by ryukafalz 5y ago
Personally I think GUIs took a wrong step somewhere between the Alto and the first Macs. Specifically because we've lost this ability: https://youtu.be/AnrlSqtpOkw?t=605 https://youtu.be/AnrlSqtpOkw?t=605
People say that CLIs are composable and GUIs aren't, and so CLIs are better for power users. They're right, for today's GUIs, but yesterday's GUIs were composable. We've lost that.
- pjmlp 5y agoWe also lost this, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_dt7NG38V4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_dt7NG38V4
- amatecha 5y agoUhhhh... that demo is blowing my mind. Holy crap.
- ryukafalz 5y agoIt's one of my absolute favorites. And don't forget, this predates the Macintosh. Imagine where we could be today if this was our starting point in the 70s.