[osol-discuss] Re: Re: About Solaris (mistakes) and future

[Calum Benson]

On Fri, 2007-03-02 at 03:05 -0800, UNIX admin wrote:
> > I'm sure I'm not the only one who still feels CDE was
> > a step back form
> > OpenLook...
> 
> OpenLook was the first ever GUI I used on UNIX.
> It was fast... but someone had very weird ideas about what usability
> meant. I don't think they've done a usability study.

Actually, the UI design book I have that's written by two of the
OpenLook guys is one of the best I have on my shelf :)  There was
certainly some stuff in OpenLook that I still miss today, like proxy
icons that represent the currently-open document.  (People keep trying
to get that idea into GNOME/JDS every now and again, but there's never
quite enough interest...)

Cheeri,
Calum.

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