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IBM To Linux Desktop Developers: 'Stop Copying Windows' (InformationWeek)IBM To Linux Desktop Developers: 'Stop Copying Windows' (InformationWeek)Posted Aug 8, 2008 13:14 UTC (Fri) by markhb (guest, #1003)In reply to: IBM To Linux Desktop Developers: 'Stop Copying Windows' (InformationWeek) by dgm Parent article: IBM To Linux Desktop Developers: 'Stop Copying Windows' (InformationWeek) It may look that way (and actually, Warp 4 had a better-looking screen), but it certainly didn't work that way. The whole thing was (is, if you want to look at eComStation) object-oriented, to the extent that, if you wanted to create a document on the desktop, you created one from a template (i.e., instantiated an object). WP's article on the Workplace Shell is here; read about the System Object Model as well. Plus, one neat UI trick that IBM patented and has never let go of: you could hold down your mouse button and drag in an irregular path through a folder window and only those icons you touched would be selected (as opposed to the rectangular-frame lasso that the others have).
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IBM To Linux Desktop Developers: 'Stop Copying Windows' (InformationWeek) Posted Aug 9, 2008 1:25 UTC (Sat) by brouhaha (subscriber, #1698) [Link] if you wanted to create a document on the desktop, you created one from a template (i.e., instantiated an object)Another example of how everyone is actually following Apple's lead. That's exactly how the Lisa desktop worked. Xerox invented the GUI desktop, but almost all the innovation in it since 1983 has come from Apple, not Microsoft or IBM.
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