22 Jan
2010
22 Jan
'10
10:33 p.m.
On 1/20/2010 2:38 PM, Marcin Wichary wrote:
Neither
Windows 1 nor 2 sported proportional typefaces yet, either, which
contributed to them feeling like "text" interfaces.
That is wholly incorrect. v1 had them from the very beginning.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2428/3635572965_c18089d964_o.png is one
such example where you can see that Write has a proportional font.
I'm not defending Windows by any means, just correcting a statement. My
favorite 808x environment that runs on top of DOS is DesqView
(engineering marvel, that) with Geoworks Ensemble a very close second.
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