Re: replacing the desktop metaphor (Why any metaphor?)

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 1988 15:39

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Just being a troublemaker...

What object on the desktop are pull-down menus a metaphor for?
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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.cog-eng,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor (Why any metaphor?)
Keywords: desktop metaphor, graphical interfaces, computing environments
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Date: 29 Dec 88 15:39:21 GMT
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