Chapter 136: What's the Boss Really About

"Cough, boss, my name is Albert Pearson, and my job is graphic interaction interface design. The technical difficulty of this work isn't high, but the design challenge is significant. There are many designs we still need to consider for device hardware support..."

"Wait, give an example," Murphy said.

Albert was stunned for a moment. "Well, for instance, the most important structure in a graphic interface is various frames. When users drag or resize frames, we want to design smoother animations, but smoothness means a high refresh rate, and too high a refresh rate requires better computer hardware, so we've been oscillating between thirty and sixty frames animation..."

"Go with sixty frames," Murphy said. "Treat these issues as if aiming for the best outcome. Don't worry too much about computer hardware. We've developed a special graphics processing chip for handling graphic and image information. So, just use the design you think will make users most comfortable."

"Any other issues?"

"No, none," Albert seemed shocked by Murphy's decisive attitude.

"Next, the Functional Architecture Group, Mr. Anderson?"

"Boss, hello. Our main job is to design more user-friendly features for the desktop system, such as notepad, drawing tools, etc. Currently, our problem is that there are too many of these tools, too detailed. If we place them all on the desktop, it will appear very cluttered, but if we put them into settings or function second-level interfaces, they're easily overlooked..."

Murphy thought for a moment, realizing that the current Windows system was not yet what it would be in the future, so they probably hadn't seen the revolutionary design that would appear in Windows 95.

"Create a Start Menu."

Murphy said.

"It will be the most conspicuous and commonly used button on the desktop, placed at the bottom left of the screen. Place all basic functions, such as shutdown, standby, etc., in the pop-up primary interface, and then put those small functions you mentioned in the secondary interface. All functions of the computer should be findable in the Start Menu."

"Use the Umbrella logo style for the icon; it will be the most memorable button for users."

"Next. Network Protocol Group, Asim McPherson."

"Boss, we're facing a technical issue." This time, Asim didn't even introduce his work, as he had already seen that the boss was here to make decisions, to solve problems, not to hear everyone boast about their achievements. Since that was the case, he went straight to the point.

"Simply put, we plan to use the TCP/IP protocol to communicate with other hosts on the network, but in cases where temporary hosts request an IP and then go offline, because it occupies that IP address, it could lead to new users in the network having no available addresses..."

Murphy frowned, then understood. "Is the IP allocation protocol BOOTP?"

"Yes."

At this time, DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) had not yet appeared. The addresses allocated by the BOOTP protocol to hosts within a network were permanent, which is why temporary users still occupy an IP address after going offline.

"Change the IP allocation rule to leasing. Any automatically assigned address should be temporary, and obtaining an address should dynamically extend from the remaining address pool."

"The BOOTP protocol is not suitable for wide area networks. Update it following my direction."

"Alright, next..."

The meeting lasted a whole day. After it concluded, almost everyone had a look of bewilderment and disbelief on their faces.

"What's our boss really about?"

Understanding users, management, design is one thing, but he also understands technology, from system architecture to hypertext protocols, almost nothing he doesn't understand. And not just understand, but also very proficient.

The problems that had troubled them for a long time often required only a brief thought from the boss to grasp the core difficulty and then provide a feasible solution direction, or even directly come up with a solution.

What kind of prodigious giant is he! "Boss, when I said this system was designed for future devices, I was too ignorant. It turns out you already had solutions to most of the problems."

Bob Henderson looked at Murphy with a mix of shame and admiration. "If you personally oversaw development, perhaps, the system would have been completed by now."

With his super brain, Murphy didn't need "total recall" to sort through his memories. The advanced concepts from the future, combined with his recent cramming of various basic knowledge, under the push of his super brainpower, formed a dimensional strike against the problems faced by these senior engineers at the moment.

"I am indeed good at some things, and in the future, I might be good at even more," Murphy smiled. "But I can't possibly do all the work by myself."

Murphy said, patting Bob on the shoulder, who was about the same height as him, but now he had grown two centimeters, making the gesture feel more natural.

"Without your preliminary explorations, I wouldn't be able to guess and solve these problems out of thin air. Don't belittle yourselves, keep up the good work. By the end of the year, I hope to see the finished product."

In November, Pixar's second animated movie "Lamp's Adventure" premiered, leaving a Disney producer looking at the "Aladdin" project proposal in his hands as if struck by lightning, beginning to doubt the reality of the world.

I was here first! That month, Murphy handed a stack of screenplay proposals to Pixar's executives. "Here are ten scripts. I've arranged the production order. These projects will be your main work for the next three years. I won't be involved much in the specific production process, but I hope everyone won't waste these excellent stories."

If you can't make something out of the top fifty box office hits that can be produced now, then what's the use of keeping you around?

In early December, the developer solution mixed with photoresist technology was successfully developed, not only solving the last bottleneck of chip mass production but also advancing the manufacturing process to 0.2 microns.

And with Murphy's help, the IC design department accelerated the completion of various chip designs. After successful chip casting in mid-December, several chip factories under Umbrella quickly cleared their schedules to start full-scale production of proprietary chips.

Meanwhile, the desktop system was also completed and officially entered the polishing and optimization stage.

Before Christmas, a prototype was presented to Murphy and Patrick.

The silver matte metal body, black flat keyboard, paired with a 21-inch LCD monitor, seemed to follow the Apple model that led the global electronics design trend, yet appeared as if it had leapfrogged a decade, giving it a warm, comfortable yet full of futuristic feel as if coming from the future.

Patrick pressed the round power button, and the blue LED atmosphere light immediately lit up, with the 300M SSD ensuring the machine entered the operating interface within two seconds.

Watching the simple yet seemingly encompassing all functional elements interface on the pure flat LCD screen, Patrick trembled with excitement.

He opened a few programs, operated for a while, and after a long moment, he excitedly grabbed Murphy, "Tell me I'm not dreaming! Did we really make this? This kind of machine... this kind of computer exceeds all my imagination of personal computers!!"

"This is simply... it's like something from a sci-fi work, it's magic! I can't believe I'm seeing it in reality!"

"Incredible! Unimaginable! I can already see the world boiling over for it!"

His excitement was like the first time he saw the essence of Bai Xianxiang, discovering another great product that could change the world.

"Do you like it?" Murphy asked with a smile. "If you like it, let's hold a press conference, and you personally take it to the world."

Patrick was stunned, then overwhelmed with emotion, "You kid..."

Murphy knew his idol was Steve Jobs, and this was helping him fulfill a dream.

"This will be a moment remembered by history. Are you sure you don't want to do it yourself?"

"I've done what I wanted to do."

"Creating products that change the world is my task, but bringing them to users around the world is your mission."

"The spotlight doesn't suit me. This is your glory, my friend."

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