> The point here is really to revive text-based UIs in a graphical > environment, but without the ESC sequences of terminal emulators > underneath. Nowadays I'd even go that far and question the need of "UI > widgets" at all -- something like a very basic concept of recantgles + > text might suffice (even for touch interfaces).
Oberon? I wish we had a UI like that. http://cognitiones.kantel-chaos-team.de/programmierung/images/oberonv4.pngk