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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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| | “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 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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| | “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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