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Re:Lisa Pascal Development in Lisa Workshop by webwielder on Sunday June 15, 2014 @10:28PM (#7897120)
The Lisa UI looks clunky and ugly to modern eyes (akin to though not as bad as other early GUIs like Windows 1.0 and OS/2 Presentation Manager), while the original Macintosh still looks clean and well thought out.

Goes to show you why you shouldn't kick Steve Jobs off of your project.

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Re:Lisa Pascal Development in Lisa Workshop by _pmf_ on Monday June 16, 2014 @02:05AM (#7897625)
> Goes to show you why you shouldn't kick Steve Jobs off of your project.

Does absolutely everything related to Apple have to turn into a Steve Jobs memorial wank?

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Re:Lisa Pascal Development in Lisa Workshop by rbanffy on Monday June 16, 2014 @08:23AM (#7898633)
I really prefer the way Lisa hid the applications and used an office supplies metaphor to create documents rather than opening an application, generating the document and then saving it.
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Re:Lisa Pascal Development in Lisa Workshop by alxp on Monday June 16, 2014 @01:22AM (#7897519)
> Now, you have an object file, but to run the app you will need to link it first. Press ‘L’ at the Workshop prompt (it’s a hidden option)

Ouch.

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Re:Lisa Pascal Development in Lisa Workshop by tempodox on Monday June 16, 2014 @05:58AM (#7898144)
Pascal? The Horror of It All! Good riddance.
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Re:Lisa Pascal Development in Lisa Workshop by rbanffy on Monday June 16, 2014 @08:24AM (#7898635)
What is so bad about Pascal? I never used it too much, but it seemed like a neat language.
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