History of GUIs

[Jamesy]

Xerox Star -1981 (Screenshot from Star's successor: ViewPoint)
First commercial computer featuring WIMP GUI. (Commercial failure)
See The Xerox "Star": A Retrospective

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/star.jpg



Apple Lisa - 1983
Commercially unsuccessful.
Possible name origins:
- Steve Job's first daughter, born in 1978, was named Lisa.
- Local Integrated Software Architecture
- Lisa: Invented Stupid Acronym

Apple Lisa

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/Apple_Lisa_Office_System_1.0.png

Apple MacIntosh - 1984
First commercially successful computer to popularize GUIs.
Watch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8) the commercial which was played only once on TV during the '84 Super Bowl and the Hillary Clinton spoof.

Mac

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/mac.gif

Windows 1 - 1985

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/win101.gif

Windows 2 - 1987

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/win2.gif


Windows 3.1 - 1992

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/win31.gif


Windows 95 - 1995

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/win95.gif


Windows 98 - 1998

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/win98.gif


UNIX mwm Window Manager - 1998

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/mwm.jpg

OS/2 Warp - 1998

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/os2warp.gif

Apple iMac - 1999

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/imac.gif

K Desktop Environment (KDE) - 1999 (for UNIX)

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/kde.jpg

Windows XP - 2001

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/winXP.png

Mac OS X 10.0 (Cheetah) - 2001

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/Mac_OS_X_Cheetah.png

Windows Vista - 2006

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/winVista.png

Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) - 2007

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/Mac_OS_X_Leopard.png


very brief I know.

original site. (http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/guitour.html)

[carrick]

pointless thread

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[Jamesy]

pointless thread

how? It's informative. It's about technology and to someone who has never seen anything about early computing it can be interesting reflecting on how far we have come along.

the only thing that's pointless here is your reply. If you don't like it why reply?

[carrick]

im sorry i only read the first 3 words

[jesus]

Excellent +rep. :)

[Robbie]

Wow, funny how much it's changed.

[Technologic]

I say we go back to windows 3.1

[Jamesy]

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/win2.gif


nah 2 ftw. Such pretty colours :rolleyes:

[Technologic]

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/win2.gif


nah 2 ftw. Such pretty colours :rolleyes:
8-bit colours ftw

[jesus]

I wonder if there's any way of downloading and running one of them? :O

[Hoodstar]

No Windows 2000 or NT?

[Jamesy]

well they don't really look that much different from 98.

[joshuar]

Fantastic post/rip :P

I believe you could download them by a torrent and install a virtual machine to run them on. Although you would need virtual machines to run drivers reconised by the old school GUI's.

We used to have a Windows 3.1 kicking around, we chucked it recently.

[Jordy]

Windows 3.1 - 1992

http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/win31.gifWhat irritates me is that they hardly changed the Sound Recorder in 9 years and it was very similar to that one in XP, however in Vista they balls it entirely up and make it so simple, however by simple they have removed all it's features, frankly the one in 1992 is a great deal better than the one released in 2007.

It's so irritating, just look at the crappy one in Vista, it's uselesssssss:
http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/6528/snippingtoolqa3.png

It's even removed the features like 'Pause' and 'New', it's absolutely useless, you can't even change the Microphone, there is Start Recording and that is entirely it.

[Galaxay]

I beleive Vista was released on 31 Jan 2007 IIRC.

[samsaBEAR]

it missed out OSX 10.4, Tiger. that looks a lot nicer than Cheetah

[lScottl]

Wow...

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[HotelUser]

pointless thread

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Pointless post :rolleyes:.

This topic sure brings back memories :D.

[Jamesy]

it missed out OSX 10.4, Tiger. that looks a lot nicer than Cheetah

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/6491/tigerpv4.png

Just for you ;)

[Robbie]

I just installed 3.11 on VMWare, you have to install DOS 6 first though lol.


http://www.tehupload.com/6497752083.png (http://www.tehupload.com)
http://www.tehupload.com/7888071504.png (http://www.tehupload.com)
http://www.tehupload.com/10673144427.png (http://www.tehupload.com)
http://www.tehupload.com/7341213457.png (http://www.tehupload.com)
http://www.tehupload.com/7422243584.png (http://www.tehupload.com)

[Jamesy]

lol that's pretty cool.

Get windows 1 and 2 working :)

[Independent]

pointless thread

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*Removed*

Thanks for this, I haven't seen windows 3.1 or 2 until now.

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[alexxxxx]

I think the number one is kl.

[Independent]

XP MCE is the best OS, I got vista on this machine free when I brought it, so I cba downloading warez, Windows advantage or W/E actually comes in handy (legal install)

[joshuar]

Thought I'd give this a little bump and say that I've installed Windows 95 on a virtual machine and managed to get the internet, and script errors on google!

Few images in the spoilers :)

http://uploadpicz.com/joshuar/IDTYTEB.png

http://uploadpicz.com/joshuar/UEY75HC.png

http://uploadpicz.com/joshuar/P8DSM2C.png

[Robbie]

I installed it on MSVPC but no matter what I do it doesnt like my ethernet card so no net (I installed IE tho)

[joshuar]

I installed it on MSVPC but no matter what I do it doesnt like my ethernet card so no net (I installed IE tho)

Are you using Virtual PC 2007? Or another virtual pc software?

[Robbie]

VPC 2007 Same as you

[myke]

I remember a few of these :) Thanks for this, brought back some memories :) I'm looking into getting OSX :] but obviously, a mac first :) +REP

[joshuar]

VPC 2007 Same as you

It should emulate your card in the OS, that's what mine does, then for old school windows you need to setup the network yourself. Are you trying Windows 95?

[Abbie.]

is a GUI

a graphical unit interface

because if it is, i feel smart LOL i guessed 8)


ok anyway, cool..

[N!ck]

is a GUI

a graphical unit interface

because if it is, i feel smart LOL i guessed 8)


ok anyway, cool..

Graphical User Interface. Nearly there.

[Abbie.]

Graphical User Interface. Nearly there.

you'd never guess i do a-level ict haha..