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Article #1238Re: Re: replacing the desktop metaphor (Why any metaphor?)
From: David L. Williams
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1988 18:49
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 1988 18:49
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>Just being a troublemaker... > >What object on the desktop are pull-down menus a metaphor for? >Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva `-_-' Hackercorp. Why they are the window shades for the windows in your office where the desktop is! ;) David "Moonraker, a much neater name than MacWrite II" Williams
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