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Single window apps came in with NeXT. I heard a theory early on in the NeXT/Apple merger that it was because the window server buffering was so heavyweight on e
by KerrAvon 3y ago
Single window apps came in with NeXT. I heard a theory early on in the NeXT/Apple merger that it was because the window server buffering was so heavyweight on early hardware that multiple windows just made things too slow.
While I personally agree with you, I think you're overestimating the desire of most users to manage multiple window clutter themselves except in very limited contexts.
- em-bee 3y agothat sounds very weird to me. NeXT applications very much had multiple windows, and NeXT computers as well as PCs running NeXTStep could handle multiple windows just fine. even the app menu was its own window floating independently from the actual application window. so i really do not see where the claim would come from that multiple windows made things slow.
- helf 3y agoI used a NeXTstation Turbo Color through 2010 and ran a myriad of windows all day everyday. I have no idea what that parent poster is talking about. This was a 33mhz 040 with 128mb of ram and NS3.3 and OS4.2.
- lproven 3y agoNo, not even slightly, as others have said. NeXT sold megapixel displays as standard. It was considerably more window-heavy than most GUIs because it was only sold to power users. Hell, even menus went in their own window!