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windows originated very little: plenty of type-on-page metaphor predated it. original was light mode: printer terminals. yes, green-on-black became normal in
by markhahn 2y ago
windows originated very little: plenty of type-on-page metaphor predated it.
original was light mode: printer terminals. yes, green-on-black became normal in the mid seventies, and some amber-on-black. but even early lisp machines, the Alto, Smalltalk, W/X/Andrew interfaces, Next, etc - type-on-page, not serial-terminal-ish dark mode.