(Myers, 1998)
Direct manipulation of graphical objects:
Sketchpad, Sutherland (1963 MIT Ph.D thesis)
Reaction handler, Newman (1966, graphical potentiometer
{variable resistor})
AMBIT/G (1968, MIT - introduction of first icons
& menus)
The Mouse:
Developed at Standford Research Lab (1965)
Made famous at Xerox Parc, and part of the Xerox
Star (1981)
Windows:
First proposed by Alan Kay (1969 Ph.D thesis)
COPILOT (1974 - Standford systems)
Famous commercial systems:
Xerox Star (1981)
Apple Lisa (1982), Macintosh (1984)
Microsoft Windows(1985)