davidl@teklds.UUCP (David Levine) (10/02/85)
In article <438@gumby.UUCP> foust@gumby.UUCP writes: >Has everyone seen the latest ad from Atari on the back of the latest >(Sept. 9) Infoworld? > [...] >The ad has pictures of a Mac, an AT, and an Amiga (not a picture, a >sketch in blueprint blue) across the top. The ad says "There's only >one word for these prices: Rip-off." > [...] > Atari ST IBM AT Mac Amiga >Price 799 4675 2795 1795 > [...] >color 640x200 640x200 None 640x200*** I realize it's only a $200 difference, but I think it's awfully slimy to quote the monochrome price and brag about color... Personally, I'm amazed they would even release a color display with such a strange ratio of vertical to horizontal resolution, never mind feature it in the ads. I mean, the document icons are so tall and skinny that they look more like drinking glasses than pieces of paper, and the text looks like it's all Courier Ultra Condensed. Ick. One of the hallmarks of Xerox Star (now called "Macintosh") user interface technology is the square-pixel-ratio bitmap. Hasn't anyone learned that it takes more than little pictures to make an interface easy to use? David D. Levine (...decvax!tektronix!teklds!davidl) [UUCP] (teklds!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA/CSNET]
Fischer.pa@XEROX.ARPA (10/04/85)
One of the hallmarks of Xerox Star (now called "Macintosh")
user interface technology is the square-pixel-ratio bitmap.
Hasn't anyone learned that it takes more than little pictures
to make an interface easy to use?
Sure, have you seen the successor to the Star from Xerox? Its called
Viewpoint and is a complete rewrite of the Star software. Its really
amazing! Kind of like a grown up Mac interface.
(ron)turner@saber.UUCP (D'arc Angel @ The Houses of the Holy) (10/07/85)
> In article <438@gumby.UUCP> foust@gumby.UUCP writes: > >Has everyone seen the latest ad from Atari on the back of the latest > >(Sept. 9) Infoworld? > > [...] > >The ad has pictures of a Mac, an AT, and an Amiga (not a picture, a > >sketch in blueprint blue) across the top. The ad says "There's only > >one word for these prices: Rip-off." > > [...] > > Atari ST IBM AT Mac Amiga > >Price 799 4675 2795 1795 > > [...] > >color 640x200 640x200 None 640x200*** > > Personally, I'm amazed they would even release a color display with > such a strange ratio of vertical to horizontal resolution, never mind > feature it in the ads. I mean, the document icons are so tall and > skinny that they look more like drinking glasses than pieces of paper, > and the text looks like it's all Courier Ultra Condensed. Ick. One of > the hallmarks of Xerox Star (now called "Macintosh") user interface > technology is the square-pixel-ratio bitmap. Hasn't anyone learned > that it takes more than little pictures to make an interface easy to > use? > > David D. Levine (...decvax!tektronix!teklds!davidl) [UUCP] > (teklds!davidl.tektronix@csnet-relay) [ARPA/CSNET] *** REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** the answer to the question of resolution is right there before your weak eyes, (hint! check the res in col 2) now as to why IBM chose that res is a good question. As to how pretty the pictures are, i dont care if they look like soda straws just so they function properly, keep your eyes on the donut not the hole etc. -- god bless Lily St. Cyr -Rocky Horror Picture Show Name: James Turner Mail: Imagen Corp. 2650 San Tomas Expressway, P.O. Box 58101 Santa Clara, CA 95052-9400 AT&T: (408) 986-9400 UUCP: ...{decvax,ucbvax}!decwrl!imagen!negami!turner