Patrick Dubroy
@dubroy
I wish there were more really great mouse-oriented UIs. VisualAge Smalltalk was one of the best I ever used, for two reasons:

1️⃣ Ubiquitous context menus (speed and discoverability)
2️⃣ "Remove from list" to cull items that you're done with, or are irrelevant to your task
Apr 29, 2022 · 27

Examples of "Remove from list" —

- Reviewing diffs: you can remove method/class/module when you're done reviewing, and slowly prune down the list.
- Browsing senders/implementors: you can quickly remove items that are not relevant.

Oberon and Acme are some other examples of powerful mouse-oriented UIs. What are some others?
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I really like what @pketh is doing with @KinopioClub, with crossing selection and things like "Select all below" twitter.com/KinopioClub/st…
Apr 29, 2022 · 16 · 2

@jackrusher mentioned Cedar, and I managed to find a great demo video from @ComputerHistory: youtube.com/watch?v=z_dt7N…
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