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Free Software Magazine: Two views of the 3D desktop
Dec 31, 2006, 21 :00 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (11189 reads)

(Other stories by Anthony Taylor)

"windowing systems are great for one thing: opening multiple terminals for simultaneous use. Don't misunderstand: I use web browsers, and I sometimes fire up the Gimp, and I have been known to use Blender. I've played with the eye-candy of Enlightenment since DR7. I even rather enjoy the absurdity of Beryl and Compiz. So I understand the appeal of the WIMP (windows, icons, menus, and pointing device)-type interface.

"But, as an old-timer who remembers learning about the basis of computing from the ROM listings in the back of the Apple ][ manual, I think all of you youngsters have it too easy these days, with your fancy candy-like interfaces that really haven't progressed much beyond the old four-bit grays of the original NeXT. There's no real challenge, and no real progress"

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Looks interesting. It is based on squeak ...   Croquet   
Jose
Jan 1, 2007, 19:09:24
 
That's how long it took for Apple, M ...   Two decades ...l.   
GreyGeek
Jan 1, 2007, 19:18:09
 
>>3D desktops are just fancy eye candy b ...   Re: Two decades...!.   
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