Russ Cox 1/9/2008

Crabs, the bitmap terror!

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This article discusses the early days of graphical user interfaces and window systems, focusing on the 'Crabs' program from Bell Labs. It was a destructive, playful experiment where crab-like creatures walked across the screen, erasing underlying applications, violating the fundamental rules of protected window environments. The post reflects on a time when UI paradigms were being established and explores the concept of useful versus pointless violations of window system integrity.

Crabs, the bitmap terror!

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