Re: [NTLK] [OT] Antiques [Was: iWalk is a good thing]

From: BK (bk_newtontalk_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 00:21:36 EST


Well spoken !

May I add that most of the "old and lame" stuff is far more reliable
than most of what is the latest cry today.

rgds
bk

On Monday, January 7, 2002, at 11:27 , Grant [What Rumors] Hutchinson
wrote:

>
> In a previous message, David Brown typed vigorously:
>
>> Yet 100 years from now, the devices introduced tomorrow will be just
>> like
>> current 100 year old antiques! Old and lame. Heck even a 128 Mac is
>> that
>> way now compared to the current ones.
>
> I would have to disagree that a 128k is old and lame when compared to
> current Macs (or any other "modern" operating system. I would argue that
> the original Mac user interface is cleaner, easier to use, and quite
> frankly, minimalistically elegant compared to many current GUIs
> including
> OS X. Antiquity and lameness are really relative to the perceived (and
> original) function of the device. A 128k with MacPaint and MacWrite is
> still one of the best examples of simple, user-centered, and streamlined
> usability in regards to what the device was meant to do. The Newton fits
> into this theme the same way. Compared to OS X, the Newton GUI is quaint
> and simplistic by comparison. But it is also very well suited for what
> it
> was intended to do.
>
> Maybe I'm rambling, but I really object to any out of vogue technology
> being referred to as "old and lame". That's just bowing out to the
> overactive hype of the corporate marketing machine, the whole concept of
> the throw-away society, and the instant consumer-based economy.
>
> So there.
>
> g.
>
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