alcinnz
@alcinnz@floss.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

@mikebabcock Hey I wasn't trying to suggest that computers were better back then, I was suggesting that it was harder for them to be good!

Though from my reading there's a bit of a distinction to be had with Amiga here: The IBM PCs Microsoft was targeting barely had a graphics chip, Apple omitted them entirely initially.
Amiga had more acceleration.
Michael T Babcock
@mikebabcock@floss.social replied  ·  activity timestamp last week
@alcinnz sorry my response was probably too terse. I just meant that we have rose coloured glasses until we actually boot old hardware and go "oh yeah, the gui sucked on these."
(As someone who ran various non-Windows GUIs before succumbing to Windows 3.1 then 95, 98 and finally X11 on Linux)
See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSX-32
#OperatingSystem #OS #Linux #Windows#GUI#Computing#oldPerson
Paolo Amoroso
@amoroso@oldbytes.space  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

The original Macintosh took me by suprise in 1984 because, as a hobbyist with limited access to research literature, I wasn't aware of the work at Xerox PARC and elsewhere on Graphical User Interfaces. I was familiar with the text and graphics modes of home and personal computers but the mouse-driven interface came out of the blue for me.

#macintosh #retrocomputing #gui

alcinnz
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R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵
@rl_dane@polymaths.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

New #blog post: My Favorite GUI Programs

https://rldane.space/my-favorite-gui-programs.html

914 words

This is one of those fun cases where one blost begets another one in pretty rapid succession.
Nothing deep, just a fun little jaunt through computing memory lane.
I have Dave's toot to thank for the genesis of this post.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#100DaysToOffload #46

#rlDaneWriting #blost #writing #GUI #Macintosh #Windows #Linux #RetroComputing #Choplifter #MacPaint #HyperCard #MSPaint #Dillo #DilloBrowser
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵
@rl_dane@polymaths.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

New #blog post: My Favorite GUI Programs

https://rldane.space/my-favorite-gui-programs.html

914 words

This is one of those fun cases where one blost begets another one in pretty rapid succession.
Nothing deep, just a fun little jaunt through computing memory lane.
I have Dave's toot to thank for the genesis of this post.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

#100DaysToOffload #46

#rlDaneWriting #blost #writing #GUI #Macintosh #Windows #Linux #RetroComputing #Choplifter #MacPaint #HyperCard #MSPaint #Dillo #DilloBrowser
screwlisp
@screwlisp@gamerplus.org  ·  activity timestamp last month
#programming #workflow#GUI #mcclim#commonLisp #emacs #ecl #clisp #slime#leonardoCalculus #eepitch

https://screwlisp.small-web.org/lispgames/LCKR-object-oriented-simulation-simulation/

I have to say, I am really, really happy with how the flow into the thirty second GIF reflects my ideal computer useage.

Basically, I write a clim command that steers my leonardo system "like a person does" via emacs-server, visible in the background of the straightforward clim interactor GUI I generated in a couple lines.