> Now, the abortion that happened after PARC was the misunderstanding of the user interface that we did for children, which was the overlapping window interface

> Now, the abortion that happened after PARC was the misunderstanding of the user interface that we did for children, which was the overlapping window interface which we made as naive as absolutely we possibly could to the point of not having any workflow ideas in it, and that was taken over uncritically out into the outside world. He also goes on to praise NLS, which failed precisely because of its steep learning curve and unsuitability for large swaths of the personal computing market. Incidentally, that's why a GUI with overlapping windows succeeded : because it was familiar, intuitive and simple. IMO, it's rather telling that none of the major DE's or WM's involve automatic tiling. This, despite the fact that there are a myriad of solutions available [1]. It's not about "better" or "worse", but suitability for a given market. [1] If anyone's interested, I highly recommend i3. As powerful as xmonad with a fraction of the configuration hassle.