Anything for home user and not the technical one??

[Steve Underwood]

On 07/24/2010 05:15 PM, Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 4:04 AM, g<geleem at bellsouth.net>  wrote:
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>> Tim wrote:
>> <snip>
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>>> The aptly named WIMP interface predates both of them.  Hint:  Lisa.
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>> 'apple lisa' is the system i was referencing to.
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> The concept of having a "desktop" with "windows" was invented by Xerox
> PARC in 1973 and implemented on the Alto computer.  That predates
> pretty much everything else being discussed here.
>
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The concept of a "desktop" with "windows" dates back to the work of Doug 
Engelbart in the 50s and 60s, starting well before even a basic 
implementation was feasible. Look him up. He was a true visionary.

Steve