>>The reality is, all these nice UI features people have grown to love in >>OS 9 are not something that Apple tossed together in 6 months, or even a >>year... they are the culmination of work that started before the release >>of the Lisa. I don't know exactly what date Apple stared work on the GUI >>OS, but figure at least 1981. That means, the OS 9 UI was developed over >>the course of 20 years. And most of the great features that were added >>weren't an Apple invention, they were made by 3rd party people, and Apple >>either ripped them off or (more often) licensed the code. >this *IS* my point entirely >OS X throws a good bit of 20 years of UI design and user feedback - out >the (proverbial) window
Guys please... This is the place where we come because we enjoy Emailer. There are lots of side discussions around that and I am not going to imagine that I have the strength to real anyone in here. But it occurs to me that people who are here, are already pretty die hard users of a now dead mail program. So, duh, some here will not easily accept letting go of 9, either! UNIX has also been around for ever. And I would imagine that one or two cool ideas are already around in that environment too. What an opportunity. Mac creative, right brained, engineering thinking, merging with left brain BSD UNIX. Dave Groover PS - Why am I suddenly struck with the image of Steve Jobs in a role from The Walrus and the Carpenter from C.S. Lewis? Crying big tears as he gobbled up the precious little oysters. Poor system 9, cried Jobs. Sniff, I will miss it so much, bang, rip, smash. ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
