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Re:The Macintosh in 1984 by maxxxxx on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:51PM (#12894362)
Back then they actually tried to make things simpler and easier to use. Now it seems most "innovation" is geared towards more control by the supplier or some designers who got bored and change things for change's sake.

Functionality-wise it seems both Windows and Mac are stuck somewhere in the 90s.

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Re:The Macintosh in 1984 by digi_owl on Monday November 07, 2016 @02:56PM (#12894414)
Frankly i find a repeating pattern with all tech development.

You have a early "runway" phase where you get the basics hammered out, then you get a near vertical phase as those basics get rapidly refined. Then it plateaus as those the ROI on those refinements worsen.

Between the 60s and now we have had multiples of these "S" curves happen back to back. And now most, or all, are plateauing.

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