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> the UI would be unfamiliar to Mac and Windows users True. Star had something no other system's ever tried to do, namely dedicated MOVE / COPY / PROPERTIES /
by AlbertCory 3y ago
> the UI would be unfamiliar to Mac and Windows users
True. Star had something no other system's ever tried to do, namely dedicated MOVE / COPY / PROPERTIES / DELETE keys, which were supposed to be universal for all types of objects. Nowadays, cut / copy / paste have become the universal operations, and mouse button chording / two finger press have become the equivalent of the PROPS key. Also, Star had no menu bar across the top, another thing that would be pretty confounding for a modern user.
That's not to say dedicated keys were the right idea! It was just one of those things that sounded good at the time but didn't catch on.