Re: [NTLK] What the Newton "essence" is? - WAS: "Upgrading NIE" (the Newton is nearly dead)

From: Victor Rehorst <victor_at_newtontalk.net>
Date: Mon Jun 05 2006 - 15:50:56 EDT

Ben Wojtyna wrote:
> Apple was formerly known for having a great set of user interface
> guidelines, though as one can see now, that has rapidly deteriorated
> with the introduction of various amounts of pin-striping and brushed
> metal.

However the Newton pre-dates the pin brushed metal striping whatever look,
because there actually is a Newton User Interface Guidelines document:

http://www.unna.org/unna/apple/documentation/developer/UserInterfaceGuidelinesOS2.0.pdf

(My wife and I just got iPods, and she was looking forward to using iTunes on
Windows. Why? She'd like her next machine to be a Mac and according to
those new Apple ads, all of the iApps all work the same! Tongue firmly in
cheek.)

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Received on Mon Jun 5 15:51:06 2006

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