Mike_VDavid Pogue: Bill Atkinson’s last interview.
#Apple #billatkinson
https://pogueman.substack.com/p/bill-atkinsons-last-interview
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Oh, definitely a lot of unidirectional pollination from XEROX PARC to the Lisa and Mac teams 😄
(Although it's not the cheap rip-off that some people claim. #BillAtkinson did a heck of a lot of ingenious work to make a GUI useable at 5Mhz.)
Yes, the Mac didn't get arrow keys until the Mac Plus in 1986, in this horrid arrangement:
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⬅️➡️⬇️
You were expected to click where you wanted the insertion caret to go! XD
The Macintosh SE and II in 1987 brought the Control key, only used for DOS emulation. The option key was mapped to alt for (emulation) software that needed it.
With Mac OS X, they started using the Control key in addition to Command, Option, and Shift for keyboard shortcuts, a very bad idea.
ITs History!This #retrocomputer was at the forefront of the #DTP revolution, and in the background of our #BillAtkinson #tribute #vector #portrait.
With #Inkscape You can #drawFreely in #SVG and #create more #computer #illustrations than this #vintage #Apple #Macintosh #IIfx
With #Inkscape You can #drawFreely in #SVG and #create more #computer #illustrations than this #vintage #Apple #Macintosh #IIfx
This isn't just a #geek #portrait in context of #computer #graphics, it's a hommage to #BillAtkinson and his contributions to #WYSIWYG #DTP and #CGI. As #Apple employee no.51 he created #MacPaint on top of #QuickDraw, #Hypercard and much more. TY and #RIP
The #vector #graphic was made in #SVG with #Inkscape running on #Linux, not #Adobe #Illustrator on #MacOS or #OSX.
The #vector #graphic was made in #SVG with #Inkscape running on #Linux, not #Adobe #Illustrator on #MacOS or #OSX.
@jlw_the_jobber @cameron_bosch
#BillAtkinson didn't work so hard to figure out how to draw rounded rectangles for them to be abused like this.
How gauche. :P
#BillAtkinson didn't work so hard to figure out how to draw rounded rectangles for them to be abused like this.
How gauche. :P
MacintoshGarden FeedMacSketch and MacPaint BootScreen and Graphics
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macsketch-and-macpaint-bootscreen-and-graphics
This BootScreen were found on Twiggy Discs from a prototype Mac with MacSketch/MacPaint applications on.
Douglas E. WelchBill Atkinson: Polaroids showing the Evolution of the Lisa GUI via Computer History Museum [Video] [Shared]
Bill Atkinson shows and explains his binder of Polaroid photos which he took during the development of the Lisa, documenting the evolution of its graphical user interface.
#tech #technology #history #apple #lisa #macintosh #macos #oralhistory #applecomputer #BillAtkinson #design #programming #shared
#AtkinsonDithering looks really nice, and it's just a tweak on the classic #FloydSteinberg dithering.
RIP #BillAtkinson, the dude did so much for us, and most people don't know who he was. :/
Hacker NewsBill Atkinson's Psychedelic User Interface
https://patternproject.substack.com/p/from-the-mac-to-the-mystical-bill
#HackerNews #BillAtkinson #PsychedelicUI #UserInterface #Design #Innovation #Substack
