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Article #1251Re: What are menus?
From: Jim Mackraz
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1989 03:58
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 1989 03:58
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In article <395@internal.Apple.COM> casseres@Apple.COM (David Casseres) writes:
)Yes indeed. The best thing about the desktop metaphor is how very little
)it resembles a desktop.
)
)David Casseres
Even though I don't have my copy of "The Zen of Programming" with me I feel
compelled to paraphrase ...
"The Master led the student to a room with a only a desk in it. On the
desk was a computer which displayed metaphorical desktop.
`Can you tell the difference between the two desktops?' the Master asked.
`Yes, Master, one of the desktops doesn't have a computer on it.'
`No, foolish student, Neither desktop has a computer on it.'"
The student was suddenly enlightened.
jimm
--
Jim Mackraz, I and I Computing "Like you said when we crawled down
{cbmvax,well,oliveb}!amiga!jimm from the trees: We're in transition."
- Gang of Four
Opinions are my own. Comments are not to be taken as Commodore official policy.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!oliveb!amiga!jimm From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) Newsgroups: comp.windows.misc,comp.sys.next,comp.sys.mac,comp.cog-eng,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: What are menus? Message-ID: <3242@amiga.UUCP> Date: 10 Jan 89 03:58:40 GMT References: <3234@sugar.uu.net> <395@internal.Apple.COM> Reply-To: jimm@cloyd.UUCP (Jim Mackraz) Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA Lines: 27