15 Sep
1998
15 Sep
'98
3:21 p.m.
Eric Smith wrote:
Before Windows became popular, many people sneered about icons, and WIMP
interfaces. Most of those same people are running GUIs now. And there's no
evidence that the GUIs were forced on them.
That would depend on your definition of "forced". There will always be
people who go their own way, but for others needing to interact with how
things are done today, "forced" is exactly what has happened.