loper-os

Created Tuesday 03 February 2026

Sadly, a vile ableist has a good take in the UI/UX subject. Several, in fact.

HyperCard

«Why Hypercard had to die» www.loper-os.org/?p=568

Links to Wired Cult of Mac: web.archive.org/web/20090118045910/https://www.wired.com/gadgets/mac/commentary/cultofmac/2002/08/54365

Laws of sane personal computing

Many of these are easily critícable on various aspects (physical possibility, conceptual wrongness), but some are actually true. The ambient sanism isn't appreciated, however. www.loper-os.org/?p=284

Engelbart's Violin

A personal reflection on the computer as a musical instrument whose music is ideas. www.loper-os.org/?p=861

Skin-deep correctness, autosave as a separate or not concept, re: then recent Mac software

References laws 2 and 3 of sane personal computing. Autosave is progress towards them! www.loper-os.org/?p=448 Links to this Club Orlov Press blog post, which in indirectly decrying fiat currencies is an example of the thing it claims to describe (a fuffle) cluborlov.blogspot.com/2009/03/welcome-to-fuffland.html .