The history of the graphical user interface, understood as the use of graphic icons and a pointing device to control a computer, covers a five-decade span of incremental refinements, built on some con
The first prototype of a computer mouse, as designed by Bill English from Engelbart's sketches
Videoconferencing on NLS (1968)
The Xerox Alto (1973) had an early graphical user interface.
Quantel Paintbox (1981)
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In computing, a desktop environment is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface
History of the graphical user interface
…for use with their 1987 range of Archimedes personal computers using the Acorn RISC Machine (ARM) processors. It comprises a command-line interface and desktop environment with a windowing system. Originally branded as the Arthur 1.20 the subsequent Arthur 2 release was shipped under the name RISC OS 2…
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