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Yes, me too, I was expecting either Smalltalk or LISP machine GUIs. Having said that, some old TUIs were clearer and faster even on weaker hardware. This shoul
by jll29 1y ago
Yes, me too, I was expecting either Smalltalk or LISP machine GUIs.
Having said that, some old TUIs were clearer and faster even on weaker hardware. This should be a lesson for us today. Color transitions and animated icons flying over the desktop are NOT what I need,
but speed, clarity, and discoverability of more rarely used functionality are vital.
- igouy 1y agoMay 1988 -- Smalltalk/V 286 -- on IBM-PC, PS/2 or compatible, with an 80286 or 80386 "INTRODUCTION TO THE SMALLTALK/V 286 ENVIRONMENT" http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/SmalltalkVTutorial/SmalltalkVTutorial.pdf http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr/FreeBooks/SmalltalkVTutorial...
- pjmlp 1y agoThat was my introduction to Smalltalk.
- igouy 1y agoditto So much better than the TUI Smalltalk/V
- NetMageSCW 1y agoMethods.
- igouy 1y agoYes. I'd seen Methods a year earlier and chose to make a prototype with Lotus 123 instead. Then Smalltalk/V 286 became available.