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And Mac copied it from Xerox. But it was indeed the introduction of GUIs and WYSIWYG "what you see is what you get": the screen had to mimic paper.
by pdw 2y ago
And Mac copied it from Xerox. But it was indeed the introduction of GUIs and WYSIWYG "what you see is what you get": the screen had to mimic paper.
- tempest_ 2y agoIt didn't have to though. Lotus 1-2-3 mimicked a spreadsheet and it is not searing white.
- seanhunter 2y ago...and Lotus 1-2-3 mimiced visicalc and when I used visicalc (on an HP85a) it had a dark background with a greyish white foreground colour. ie dark mode by default.