Difference between revisions of "History of Computers - GUI"
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The GUI, Graphical User Interface, is a method of interaction between the user and the computer using visual interfaces such as icons or links and dragging things with the mouse. Its intuitive use allows for people to use computers more easily than command line interfaces. | The GUI, Graphical User Interface, is a method of interaction between the user and the computer using visual interfaces such as icons or links and dragging things with the mouse. Its intuitive use allows for people to use computers more easily than command line interfaces. | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
| − | The first succesful GUI was implemented in Apple's Macintosh computer in 1984, accompanied by a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhsWzJo2sN4 truly epic TV commercial] | + | The first succesful GUI was implemented in Apple's [http://wiki.sjs.org/wiki/index.php/History_of_Computers_-_The_Macintosh Macintosh] computer in 1984, accompanied by a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhsWzJo2sN4 truly epic TV commercial] |
==Significance== | ==Significance== | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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Revision as of 16:40, 28 September 2008
The GUI, Graphical User Interface, is a method of interaction between the user and the computer using visual interfaces such as icons or links and dragging things with the mouse. Its intuitive use allows for people to use computers more easily than command line interfaces.
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The first succesful GUI was implemented in Apple's Macintosh computer in 1984, accompanied by a truly epic TV commercial
