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While acknowledging the influence of General Magic on Apple's Newton work, I think it's inaccurate to characterize it as a "clone". A brief use of Magic Cap an
by __d 5y ago
While acknowledging the influence of General Magic on Apple's Newton work, I think it's inaccurate to characterize it as a "clone".
A brief use of Magic Cap and Newton OS reveals in my opinion very little in common in the shipped products.
- GeekyBear 5y agoAgreed. Magic Cap was more like Microsoft Bob than it was like the Newton.
- setpatchaddress 5y agoI wouldn’t be that pejorative about it — the Magic Cap UI was actually useful — but yes, that’s closer.
- GeekyBear 5y agoBoth Magic Cap and Microsoft Bob had a user interface with a room based metaphor. You would select an object in a picture of a room to launch applications. You would navigate from room to room to find other groups of applications. That's not pejorative. It's descriptive.