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   Jim Jackson to ldo@nz.invalid   
   Re: reviewing Mac OS X in reverse chrono   
   26 Sep 25 11:28:32   
   
   From: jj@franjam.org.uk   
      
   On 2025-09-25, Lawrence D?Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On 25 Sep 2025 14:19:57 GMT, Retrograde wrote:   
   >   
   >> Credit where credit is due: Apple had listened to their users and   
   >> the next version ??? macOS Sequoia ??? shipped with lots of fixes.   
   >> Border radius was heavily reduced, transparent glass-like panels   
   >> replaced by less transparent ones, buttons made more serious and   
   >> less toyish. Most system icons made more serious, too, with focus on   
   >> more detail. Overall, it seemed like the 2nd version was a giant   
   >> leap from infancy to teenage years.   
   >   
   > That???s just a review of the GUI, not the OS.   
   >   
   > The 1990s called; they want this concept of tying the GUI inextricably   
   > into the OS back.   
      
   Yeah, I remember having a heated argument back then about this being   
   stupid with a computer professional who I would have thought would known   
   better. Oh and he thought not having a command line was a good thing,   
   and the fact that there could only be one user per "personal" computer!   
   All power to the GUI!!!   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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