Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times

Re:Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times by WillAdams on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @02:01PM (#44172795)

Are there any available implementations of this?

I've long wanted to experiment w/ HyperLook (or a successor to it).

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Re:Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times by DonHopkins on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @02:36PM (#44173159)

You'll need a SparcStation emulator to run it, if not a real SparcStation. I've resisted the temptation because there's so much new code to write that I don't have much time to run old code. ;) Although it would be fun to run it in an emulator 1000 times faster than it ever ran on real hardware!

Here are some links I've found:

Unix & Linux: How to emulate the NeWS window system?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZhZqfC8sC4

Sun OpenWindows 3.0 (NeWS!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kl08TvO0Bgw

Looks like this is running on a real Sun workstation, not an emulator. He shows RasterRap and The NeWS Toolkit demos, but not PizzaTool.

Good luck! Let me know if you get something working.

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Re:Why GUIs are built at least 2.5 times by WillAdams on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @06:47PM (#44175596)

Not quite willing to dig out my Sparcstation 5 and find the mouse and matching metal mousepad...

Was more hopeful that someone had created a new implementation of that environment.

Let's turn this around --- for vector-graphic oriented development work what current environment would you recommend trying?

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