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Nov. 10th, 2003 09:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lostcarparkThis from Apple's email newsletter:
Now, I can't remember if the Alt-Tab shortcut was in Windows 1.0 in 1986, but it was certainly in Windows 2.0 in 1988 and every version since, so it's only taken Apple fifteen years to figure out that this is a good thing. But then it took them to System 7 to catch on to running multiple applications, and OSX to figure out preemptive multitasking.
Yes, Apple have come up with some great ideas, but let's not forget that they steal ideas too.
Want a fast way to switch from one open application to another?
Mac OS X version 10.3 "Panther" makes it as easy as typing Command-Tab.
Now, I can't remember if the Alt-Tab shortcut was in Windows 1.0 in 1986, but it was certainly in Windows 2.0 in 1988 and every version since, so it's only taken Apple fifteen years to figure out that this is a good thing. But then it took them to System 7 to catch on to running multiple applications, and OSX to figure out preemptive multitasking.
Yes, Apple have come up with some great ideas, but let's not forget that they steal ideas too.
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Date: 2003-11-10 01:36 pm (UTC)Mac users are quick to point out that Windows stole it's best ideas from the Mac. There is quite a lot of truth in this, but the reverse is also true.