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|  |  “Lisa user interface standards”, 1980Apple Lisa guidelines, describing a very different user work-in-progress interface from three years prior to the release |
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| |  “The Xerox Alto computer” by Thomas A Wadlow, from Byte 1981Description of the Xerox Alto, the first computer with GUI and mouse as input device (with screenshots) |
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| | “The Star user interface: an overview” by David Canfield Smith, Charles Irby, Ralph Kimball and Eric Harslem, from proceedings of AFIPS 1982An illustrated description of the Xerox 8010 “Star” interface |
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| | “A retrospective on the development of Star” by Eric Harslem and LeRoy E. Nelson, from from proceedings of ICSE 1982A rather technical look at Xerox Star – not much of GUI-related information, but helpful in putting the development of 8010 into context |
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| | “Designing the Star User Interface” by Dr. David Canfield Smith, Charles Irby, Ralph Kimball, Bill Verplank and Eric Harslem, from Byte 1982Extensive breakdown of rules and ideas behind Xerox Star interface (with screenshots) |
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| | “A new generation arrives” by Jeffrey Rothfeder, from Personal Computing 1983An essay on a new “era of easy computing,” exemplified by Apple Lisa |
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| | “The birth of Lisa” by Michael Rogers, from Personal Computing 1983An interview with Apple Lisa development team |
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| | “Apple’s Lisa” by Mike Whitney, from Personal Computer News 1983A short review of Apple Lisa |
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| | “Foxy little Lisa” by Luana Hellmann Hill, from Fortune 1983One reader’s response to Fortune’s article on Apple Lisa |
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| |  “VisiCorp’s VisiOn” by Phil Lopiccola and Rachael Wrege, from Popular Computing 1983A review of VisiOn, with some comparisons to Apple Lisa |
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| | “A guided tour of Visi On” by Phil Lemmons, from Byte 1983An interview with William T. Coleman’s, product manager responsible for Visi On. Contains sample screenshots |
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| | “Visi On’s Interface Design” by George Woodmansee, from Byte 1983An article describing the methods and concepts used during creation of Visi On |
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| | “Backtalk” by Tommy Gear, from Softalk 1983A very strange, almost advertising-like column on the virtues of VisiCorp and VisiOn |
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| |  “Microsoft Windows” by Phil Lemmons, from Byte 1983Exclusive: An extensive look at a pre-1.0 release of Microsoft Windows, with many screenshots. Also featured is author’s commentary 21 years later! |
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| | “Microsoft does Windows” by Steven Cook, from PC World 1984Another look at prerelease of Microsoft Windows, and explanation of GUI basics |
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| |  “Of mice and men” by Steven Levy, from Popular Computing 1984A story on Douglas Engelbart and his most popular invention |
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| |  “The desktop environment” by Paul Bonner, from Personal Computing 1984An article about pros and cons of desktop GUIs and the 1984’s status quo |
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| |  “A GEM from DRI?” by Michael J. Miller, from Popular Computing 1985A short announcement of Graphics Environment Manager |
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| | “Microsoft Windows” by Diane Burns and S. Venit, from 1985A short review of Windows 1.0 in a story about productivity software |
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| | “Microsoft Windows” by Jonathan Lazarus, from 1986A short review of Windows 1.0 awarded the Best of 1985 distinction |
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| | “LisaLearning” by John M. Carroll and Sandra A. Mazur, from IEEE Computer 1986A thorough evaluation of LisaLearning software |
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| | “The cutting edge” by John C. Dvorak, from MacUser 1988A humorous look at the desktop metaphor |
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| |  “Lisa lives” by Fred Langa, from Byte 1988On the spirit of Lisa preserved in NeXT computer. |
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| |   “OSF/Motif” by John Paul, from Byte 1989A first look at OSF/Motif |
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| |     “A guide to GUIs” by Frank Hayes and Nick Baran, from Byte 1989A 1989’s look at and comparison of twelve then-state-of-the-art graphical user interfaces |
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| | “The Xerox Star: A retrospective” by Jeff Johnson, Teresa L. Roberts, William Verplank, David C. Smith, Charles H. Irby, Marian Beard and, from IEEE Computer 1989A description of Xerox Star’s design, development, features and evolution |
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| | “The myth of the interface” by Robin Nelson, from Personal Computing 1990Some thoughts on how the GUIs threaten the old-school computing |
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| | “The X attitude” by Marshall Brain, from Byte 1991Pros and cons of The X Window System |
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| |  “Time for a new interface” by Bill Machrone, from PC Magazine 1992On how object-oriented approach is graphical user interfaces’ future |
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| | “Making good GUI sense” by Jim Seymour, from PC Magazine 1992Pros and cons of GUIs requiring bigger and faster graphic cards |
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| | “New interface dilemmas” by Jim Seymour, from PC Magazine 1992The problems with menus and drag-and-drop in GUIs and some ideas for the future |
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| |  “Beyond the GUI” by Dennis Allen, from Byte 1994A critique of Magic Cap’s interface |
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| | “Just like magic?” by Tom R. Halfhill and Andy Reinhardt, from Byte 1994A look at the Magic Cap interface |
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| | “A drastic change in direction” by John C. Dvorak, from PC Magazine 1995Analogies between car manufactury and a new model of selling software introduced by Windows 95 |
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| | “Beyond Windows 95” by Michael J. Miller, from PC Magazine 1995Future of Windows as seen right after release of Windows 95 |
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| | “The Lisa user interface” by Frank Ludolph and Roderick Perkins, from CHI ‘98 Conference SummaryA short summary of Lisa’s interface principles |
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| | “Busy being born” by Andy Hertzfeld, from Folklore.orgAn extensively illustrated look at five years of Lisa UI development |
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| | “Rosing’s rascals” by Andy Hertzfeld, from Folklore.orgOn how the Lisa team created a icon-based interface behind Steve Jobs’s back |
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| |  “Apple II User Interfaces” by Tony Kavadias, 2004Exclusive: A very interesting and extensive look at text- and graphical-based user interfaces for Apple II |
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