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The Evolution of Desktops

 
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Evolution of Desktops - Still remember the old Windows 3.1 program, and more importantly how to exit and run DOS (Alt-f4). :-)

Does anyone have any screen shots of the older Xerox interfaces?
 
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Always look at the wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_interface

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My first desktop was art-oriented. I was made of metal and had a large, angled surface allowing me all sorts of room to use my pastels, drawing tools, calculation tools, and various icons.

I next moved to a more standard office-type desktop. It allowed me quick access to all of my files, file folders, although the desktop was small and regularly cluttered. It had a nice cabinet I liked that made file organization a snap, but there could have been more storage.

Now I have a cube, or Object-Oriented desktop with quite a bit of space and tools for telephonic and white-board based collaboration. Additionally, the KVM interface allows me to access both Unix and Windows features using the same desk-space. I keep a number of documents on my desktop, although all the proprietary ones have to be put away each night before I leave.

Now then, would anyone like to talk about the evolution of chairs?
 
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This guy has many others. I liked OS/2 and Warp. A habit from way back then is making my own "favorites" folder and keeping it open all the time. On my Windows XP laptop it looks different every time I open it ... a different size or position, tiles or icons or some darned thing I have never chosen once in any explorer window. In OS/2 my favorites window was a real object with real attributes and it didn't go changing just because I opened another explorer or changed resolution or undocked the laptop. Sheesh.
 
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