Steve Jobs and the Usable Computer (6 October 2011 by Tim Berners-Lee)
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HN comment orderButterfly effect is really something. Steve Jobs gets kicked out of Apple, builds NeXT as a form of revenge. Tim Berners-Lee buys a NeXT computer, finds it inspiring, and, thanks to NeXT's focus on a usable development environment, finds it easy to whip together a prototype of the WorldWideWeb. And so, even though none of us use NeXT computers today, thanks to one particularly important NeXT computer, all of us use the Internet and hyperlinks today. And yes, I know…
>Programming the WorldWideWeb client was remarkably easy on the NeXT. There was already a software module, the Text Object, which was an editable multifont editor. I just had to subclass it to make a hypertext object, and add the internet code. Designing the app’s menus was trivial — just drag and drop with InterfaceBuilder. The code framework of the app was generated automatically. That is a platform: something which allows you to build things which without it would have been…
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| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-17 | Steve Jobs and the Usable Computer | pcr910303 | 2 | 0 |
| 2020-09-28 | Steve Jobs and the usable computer (2011)First breakout | PascLeRasc | 100 | 23 |
| 2023-05-03 | Steve Jobs and the Usable Computer (6 October 2011 by Tim Berners-Lee)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | lproven | 110 | 92 |