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Re: Macintosh Test Editors

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From: Samuel_gold_Goldberger
Date: Mon, 18 May 1987 07:44
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Your points are well taken about text editors in particular,
and applications in general. Coherence of design contributes
directly to transparency of the user interface, leading
the user to feel that he can, in Alan Kay's terms, reach
through the screen and manipulate the information directly.

Having been involved in the early phase of conceptual design
of what later became FullWrite, I know that Scott Weiner is
not an average programmer, and unaware of the concerns of
users; and they *were* originally scheduled to become very
intimately involved in the design process. We can only
hope that this intention was carried through to the final
product (whenever it actually appears), and that the program
is not bogged down by self-indulgent admiration of technical
prowess, in the form of a plethora of poorly integrated features.
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Subject: Re: Macintosh Test Editors
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