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Sure, the Star was the prototype and the Lisa refined. But Microsoft made the exact same arguments about utilizing the right mouse button and context menus, whe
by deaddodo 2y ago
Sure, the Star was the prototype and the Lisa refined. But Microsoft made the exact same arguments about utilizing the right mouse button and context menus, where Macintosh didn't; Apple countered that those were mere "interfacing changes".
Again, the point isn't "I would sit down and accidentally think I'm using a Mac" (though, you certainly would more likely think that than Windows), it's "how much of this exists because of the other one, and how similar is it in concept".
- rbanffy 2y agoSadly, the most interesting pattern of the Lisa was how it hid the applications (kind of the same way the Star did) behind the stationery metaphor. It was a bit like the "Create New" menu on Windows that I don't remember seeing after some time after Windows 95 and NT4. I think there was a "Templates" folder where you could add files to show up on that menu.