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NeXT Research and Development "Alive and Well"

31 points by aheilbut 15y ago

bonch 15y ago
And it still is.
kylec 15y ago
In 1993 it was, anyway
- michaelf 15y ago
  If you google several of the names from the article, you'll find that many of those engineers are still working on NeXT R&D, although under different product names (OS X and iOS). I wonder if any of them ever imagined that average janes and joes would be running NeXT workstations on their cell phones?
  - aheilbut 15y ago
    The coolest instance of this is that Paul Hegarty taught the Fall 2010 CS193p class.
A-K 15y ago
I wonder if any NeXT projects, after so many years, still exist in some pre-release form within Apple R&D.
- bonaldi 15y ago
  I wonder if YellowBox is still around. I used it last night to compile a little Mac app for Windows XP, and it still makes me chuckle when it works.
  - apgwoz 15y ago
    > Official word is, that the YellowBox for Windows is gone now, though, and AppleComputer revoked any license to develop third-party applications for it. http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?YellowBox http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?YellowBox (as of 2010 -- if you believe the last edited)
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newman314 15y ago
NeXTStep had this concept of a "Shelf" that I have not seen replicated since. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_(computing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_(computing) It sure would be nice to have such an option in the Finder.
- frou_dh 15y ago
  IIRC, "PathFinder" for OS X has that feature.
  - access_denied 15y ago
    .. and combine this with WindowShade X to get almost all NextStep UI features.
  - sp332 15y ago
    @access_denied: I hate to break it to you, but your account is dead. It has been dead for 535 days.
- access_denied 15y ago
  Look under "Overlay Shelf", is it this what you mean? http://etoileos.com/etoile/glossary/ http://etoileos.com/etoile/glossary/
pohl 15y ago
Instead of taking a brute-force approach to software development, the R&D team concentrates on putting enabling technologies in place that can be leveraged by others. and If you want a sneak peak at NEXTSTEP's future, says Hullot, you have only to look a little closer at the present version. This remains true to this day.

31 points by aheilbut 15y ago

bonch 15y ago

And it still is.

kylec 15y ago

In 1993 it was, anyway

michaelf 15y ago
If you google several of the names from the article, you'll find that many of those engineers are still working on NeXT R&D, although under different product names (OS X and iOS). I wonder if any of them ever imagined that average janes and joes would be running NeXT workstations on their cell phones?
- aheilbut 15y ago
  The coolest instance of this is that Paul Hegarty taught the Fall 2010 CS193p class.

A-K 15y ago

I wonder if any NeXT projects, after so many years, still exist in some pre-release form within Apple R&D.

bonaldi 15y ago
I wonder if YellowBox is still around. I used it last night to compile a little Mac app for Windows XP, and it still makes me chuckle when it works.
- apgwoz 15y ago
  > Official word is, that the YellowBox for Windows is gone now, though, and AppleComputer revoked any license to develop third-party applications for it. http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?YellowBox http://www.cocoadev.com/index.pl?YellowBox (as of 2010 -- if you believe the last edited)

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newman314 15y ago

NeXTStep had this concept of a "Shelf" that I have not seen replicated since. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_(computing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shelf_(computing) It sure would be nice to have such an option in the Finder.

frou_dh 15y ago
IIRC, "PathFinder" for OS X has that feature.
- access_denied 15y ago
  .. and combine this with WindowShade X to get almost all NextStep UI features.
- sp332 15y ago
  @access_denied: I hate to break it to you, but your account is dead. It has been dead for 535 days.
access_denied 15y ago
Look under "Overlay Shelf", is it this what you mean? http://etoileos.com/etoile/glossary/ http://etoileos.com/etoile/glossary/

pohl 15y ago

Instead of taking a brute-force approach to software development, the R&D team concentrates on putting enabling technologies in place that can be leveraged by others. and If you want a sneak peak at NEXTSTEP's future, says Hullot, you have only to look a little closer at the present version. This remains true to this day.