The Elements of User Interface Design by Theo Mandel

Author:Theo Mandel
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2008-09-30T01:54:00+00:00

All of this repositioning between Microsoft and IBM set the stage for the war between Windows and OS/2 at the user interface. The Windows 3.0 interface rode the GUI wave to success and popularity. Meanwhile, OS/2 1.3 was a stable product with a graphical interface, yet it did not enjoy the same commercial success that Windows had received. This pattern has continued with the new versions of both operating systems, Windows 95 and OS/2 Warp.

IBM, however, was preparing to make a leap, both functionally and at the interface level, with the OS/2 2.0 product. As early as October 1990, press clippings were hinting at IBM's plans for an object-oriented user interface for OS/2 2.0. An article in PC Week (Pallatto, 1990) was entitled "IBM to Jazz Up OS/2 PM With Task-Oriented Icons." Cliff Reeves of the IBM Common User Access Interface group in Cary, North Carolina was quoted as saying, "During 1991, we are going to move to a more object-oriented style of dealing with the operating system. CUA 3 is sort of a generic term that we have applied to the next generation of the user interface model." Although OS/2 2.0 did not arrive on sched ule in 1991, its ultimate arrival in April 1992 heralded the first product to implement the CUA object-oriented user interface architecture.

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