Workbench 1.0

General in Workbench 1.0 (Preferences) First edition of Workbench featured an all-in-one preferences panel with appearance, display, keyboard, mouse, date/time and communications settings all rolled into one window.

Workbench 2.04

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DeskTop 1.1

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GS/OS 5.0.4

General in GS/OS 5.0.4 (General)

GS/OS 6.0.1

General in GS/OS 6.0.1 (General)

BeOS R5.0.1 PE

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CDE 1.5 in Solaris 9

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GEOS 2 for C64

General in GEOS 2 for C64 (Preference Manager). The screenshot has bigger pixels (shrink)(enlarge) and wrong aspect ratio (correct)(ignore). Preference Manager allows to change speeds of mouse pointer (usually joystick pointer, hence extra sliders for velocity), its shape, basic colours and time/date.

GEOS 2.1 for Apple II

This feature is not yet documented on this site.

GeoWorks Ensemble 2.0
NewDeal Office 3 Eval.
BreadBox Ensemble Lite

These GUIs don’t have this feature.

GNOME 2.2.0 in RedHat 9

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IRIX 5.3

General in IRIX 5.3 (Desktop Settings) with thanks to Ian Young. The screenshot is a reproduction.

Lisa OS 1.0

General in Lisa OS 1.0 (Preferences). The screenshot has wrong aspect ratio (correct)(ignore), and is a reproduction. This Preferences dialog has a completely different feel than the small, graphic-rich equivalent from Macintosh. Also notable is the lack of radio, checkbox, slider and tab controls – all those functions are covered by square buttons.

Lisa OS 3.1

General in Lisa OS 3.1 (Preferences) with thanks to James Musheno. The screenshot has wrong aspect ratio (correct)(ignore).

System 1.1

General in System 1.1

System 3.0

General in System 3.0

System 4.2

General in System 4.2

System 7.0

General in System 7.0

System 7.5.3

General in System 7.5.3

Mac OS 8.0

General in Mac OS 8.0

Mac OS 9.0

General in Mac OS 9.0

Mac OS X DP
Mac OS X DP 2
Mac OS X DP 3
Mac OS X DP 4
Mac OS X Public Beta
Mac OS 10.0.4
Mac OS 10.1
Mac OS X Jaguar
Mac OS X Panther

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OPENSTEP 4.2
Rhapsody DR2

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MS OS/2 1.30.1

General in MS OS/2 1.30.1

OS/2 2.1

General in OS/2 2.1

OS/2 Warp 3

General in OS/2 Warp 3

OS/2 Warp 4

General in OS/2 Warp 4

QNX 6.2.1 NC

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ArthurOS 1.2
RISC OS 3.11
RISC OS 3.7

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Sibo/Psion Series 3a
Sibo/Psion Siena
EPOC R5/Psion Revo
EPOC R5/Psion Series 7

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Windows 1.01

General in Windows 1.01 (Control Panel). The screenshot has an extra border (remove)(show) and wrong aspect ratio (correct)(ignore).

Windows 2.03

General in Windows 2.03 (Control Panel)

Windows 3.0
Windows 3.1
WfW 3.11
Windows NT 3.1 Workstation
Windows NT 3.51 Workstation
Windows 95
Windows 95B
Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
Windows NT 4.0 Server
Windows 98
Windows 98 SE
Windows 2000 Pro
Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Windows Me
Whistler 2257
Windows XP Pro
Windows Server 2003 Web
Longhorn 4015

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