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Fig 1. The Lisa user interface takes the form of a littered desktop. Windows on various foreground and background tasks can be manipulated at will, and icons pointed to for the initiation of system functions. This visual/symbolic implementation avoids the constraints associated with command languages and mode based operations.

Fig 1. The Lisa user interface takes the form of a littered desktop. Windows on various foreground and background tasks can be manipulated at will, and icons pointed to for the initiation of system functions. This visual/symbolic implementation avoids the constraints associated with command languages and mode based operations.

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