if i understand correctly, i think the plan 9 authors’ disagreed that window systems such as rio push complexity on the user. the argument went like this:
https://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/transparent_wsys/ in 2025, people don’t even bother to argue with this anymore, since everyone seems to accept as a foregone conclusion that the desktop is the ur primitive that sparks joy in real americans, but the assumption wasn’t always thus. it’s fine to disagree, but remember to look out for chesterton’s fence. sl ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Tf84d656c78bbda91-M1fe81aa328b84a9129ace7ef Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription
