The Majestic Birth of Graphical User Interfaces – Xerox Alto and the Alto Trek game
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from blisscast@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.ml on 20 Feb 2024 21:56
https://lemmy.world/post/12203865
from blisscast@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.ml on 20 Feb 2024 21:56
https://lemmy.world/post/12203865
Can you imagine a time before the Graphical User Interface, when you could only operate a computer with abstract-looking text instead of using simple menus, and it was unheard of to use the oh-so-common mouse? A time when computers were harder to learn, and even harder to master? Well then, join us on our splendid trip where we’ll discover one of the very first GUIs in a personal computer, found on the Xerox Alto!
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Well my first computer was an Apple IIe, so yes. And I still prefer command line interfaces, even if they’re in a GUI environment.
But I suppose that was a rhetorical question…
I can virtually guarantee a lot of people here not only can imagine it, but use CLI applications heavily every day.
I can close my eyes and remember it, so yes.
Um
Me with four open cli terminals righ now:
https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/617/650/91a.jpg