Kevin --

This was one of the styles for resizing windows at that time (via 
Dan) and in Smalltalk-76 at some point along the way. It is also in 
the demo tape I have of Smalltalk ca. 1979 on the Dorado.

Cheers,

Alan

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At 1:58 PM -0500 1/27/02, Kevin Fisher wrote:
>Hi Alan:
>
>One thing I noticed about the interface on this tape is that whenever a window
>opens, it sort of "spins" vertically into place...it's kind of hard
>to describe...as a wireframe of the window appears and is resized, the
>contents of the wireframe seem to oscillate vertically until the mouse
>was released.
>
>Was this something the original Xerox machines did, or is it perhaps just
>an artifact of recording a different refresh rate?  It was kind of a neat
>effect!
>
>
>On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 07:55:16AM -0800, Alan Kay wrote:
>>  Kevin --
>>
>>  It's hard to say what machine was being used, but the paint program
>>  was the one that Bob Flegal did for the Smalltalk-80 release.
>>  (Interestingly, there were previous painting programs in earlier
>>  versions of Smalltalk (and in the prototype display) that were nicer
>>  in many ways.) The one that Ted Kaehler did for Smalltalk-76 was
>>  particularly nice with a very workable and friendly interface with
>>  lots of features.
>>
>>  Cheers,
>>
>>  Alan
>>
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>>  At 10:34 AM -0500 1/27/02, Kevin Fisher wrote:
>>  >Hi Folks:
>>  >
>>  >Here's a bit of pointless nostalgia...I found an ancient VHS tape that
>>  >had a computer show on it from early '82.  This particular show 
>>had a segment
>>  >about Smalltalk-80, including an interview with Adele Goldberg.
>>  >
>>  >I put some rather muddy screenshots of the system they were demoing up
>>  >on http://kgf.swiki.net/10
>>  >
>>  >I'm not sure what machine this is...they never said if it was an Alto or
>>  >something else.  I really like that paint program they were using, though!
>>  >
>>  >(My apologies about the muddy look of the screen grabs...this tape is
>>  >almost 2 decades old, recorded on a long dead "original" VHS machine..I'm
>>  >pretty sure if I rewound it all the way the tape would come loose from the
>>  >reel.)
>>
>>
>>  --
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