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The Origin of X-to-Close in UI Design

3 pointsby riveteyeover 11 years ago

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pwgover 11 years ago
The author missed one: Wordstar<p>See pg. 39 of this .pdf file <a href="http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/microPro/Wordstar_3.3/Wordstar_3.3_Reference_Manual_1983.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;bitsavers.trailing-edge.com&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;microPro&#x2F;Wordstar_3.3...</a><p>&quot;X&quot; is used as the &quot;exit wordstar&quot; command menu option.<p>This was WordStar 3.3, in 1983. WordStar existed for far earlier than 1983, and likely always used &quot;X&quot; as the &quot;exit wordstar&quot; command.