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e77 - Word Processors

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This episode, we trace the evolution of Mac word processing from MacWrite to the present. Along the way we find a secret moose, complain about Microsoft, and learn that some apps have true staying power.

  • Evelyn Berezin, inventor of the first word processor
  • TeachText
    • readme files
    • Stickies
      • Antler Notes
      • OS X application
      • Dashboard widget
      • SimpleText
      • TextEdit
        • source code
        • Cocoa
        • standard text controls
        • vertical text
        • MacWrite
          • 5 versions
          • Claris
            • e25 – The Works
            • "MacWorks" name
            • internet archive emulator
            • page number in scroll bar
            • Microsoft Word
              • version 1, versions 3–5
              • Pogue's Jingle Bells parody
                • audio .mov!
                • the great Word 3–6 debate
                • WordPerfect
                • Nisus Writer
                  • The Nisus Way
                    • Joe Kissel
                    • Take Control Books
                    • History of Nisus
                    • QUED
                    • "nisus" definition
                      • ...more
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