Bits and Pieces .::. |
Friday, September 09, 2005 Apple has renewed interest this week with its latest releases. In tune with the times, Vishwa points to a slideshow of Apple's illustrious design alumni. Q | When Larry Tesler joined Apple in 1980 from the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, he brought with him two new commands he developed for manipulating text: "Cut" and "paste." ... "I chose those words because that was what [designers and editors] do with page layouts," says Tesler. "The code wasn't that easy" he says, but the end result was something non-computer pros could immediately understand. | Q [you bet] Aside: Apple Powerbook 100 seen in one of the slides also finds mention in the Mobile Magazine's ranking of the Top 100 Gadgets of All Time at, yes, position #1. posted by pradeep | Permalink | (0) 0 Comments: |
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