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Title: GUI Site
Post by: seer on January 01, 2004, 04:45:30 PM

MAybe some of you may find this interesting, I found it a nice read;

User interfaces (http://toastytech.com/guis/index.html)

Don't forget the timeline....

Title: Re: GUI Site
Post by: Magic-Merl on January 01, 2004, 04:59:58 PM

Wow.  There are some memories there.

Title: Re: GUI Site
Post by: AccyD on January 01, 2004, 10:31:55 PM

Quote

Magic-Merl wrote:
Wow.  There are some memories there.

Reminds me of passing through school, starting off with the RISC OS 2, then getting an Amiga at home (WB2), starting secondary school (Mac Sys 7) and the new miggy (WB3) and then starting work (PC).

Lets home Amiga Inc can continue their part of the timeline for the next 20 years............

Title: Re: GUI Site
Post by: JetFireDX on January 02, 2004, 01:08:43 AM

Nice site. . . kinda interesting to me to see how little the windowed environment has changed over the years. Granted there have been improvments on asthetic elements of the GUI such as number of colors displayed, backdrops, shadows, etc, and the processing power behind the systems but functionality really hasn't been improved upon since the really early days once icons, gadgets, windows, and menus were developed.

It would be nice to see something really new as far as UI design is concerned to come, (and I am not talking about melting windows like in MacOSX or crazy spinning and warping windows like are planned for longhorn.

Still an interesting site I had a good time looking at.

Title: Re: GUI Site
Post by: Argo on January 02, 2004, 01:18:44 AM

Oh, dear lord. Did you have to remind me that Windows 3.1 even existed?
The time line was nice but could have gone in to more detailed descriptions. Desktops have been getting better to look at. Though I would like to see more under the hood improvement or different operational philosophy.

Title: Re: GUI Site
Post by: mikeymike on January 02, 2004, 01:45:55 AM

I hadn't seen Windows 1.0 before.  My eyeballs nearly melted and fell out.

Title: Re: GUI Site
Post by: GreggBz on January 02, 2004, 09:28:11 AM

I particularly liked Microsoft BOB..
It looks like Kings Quest II or something

My brain nearly melted and fell out.

Title: Re: GUI Site
Post by: Steady on January 02, 2004, 10:47:52 AM

You know, someone made a copy of Windows 1.03 that you can put on a 3.5" floppy and boot on modern PCs for a look. I have a copy... Interestingly even the USER.DLL GDI.DLL etc seem to be implemented as overlays.

Kept me bemused for a short time ;-)

It is still around. A quick Google should locate it if you want it, although I'm pretty sure I still have a copy.

Title: Re: GUI Site
Post by: seer on January 02, 2004, 11:07:35 AM

particularly liked Microsoft BOB..
It looks like Kings Quest II or something

Take a looksie here... (Video Highlight)

Tech TV (http://www.techtv.com/screensavers/showtell/story/0,24330,3316324,00.html)

One might arque Windows XP is BOB2  ;-)