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Subject: Re: GUI necessary?
From: Don Schenck <schencd%AM_LZCH%VASELL@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 1998 11:11:37 -0400
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:::I'm confused too. Can somebody explain what the differences are between
:::"common" CUA and/vs. GUI as defined by IBM and maybe the
:::MS/UNIX/Apple/Amiga/whatever world defines CUA/GUI standards? I know they're
:::out there; I've seen CUA paragraphs in some AS400 manuals but never in
:::relation with anything like MS's or UNIX world versions.
:::My assumption currently is that there is some overlap of some kind but
:::where?



There's a book: "The Windows Interface Guidelines for Software Design",
Microsoft Press, ISBN 1-55615-679-0.



Peace,

-- Don Schenck
www.SchenckTech.com

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