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A pictoral history of the Apple Desktop Interface

A pictoral history of the Apple Desktop Interface.

Reader comments

matthew weltyJul 09, 2004 at 6:24PM

is it just me, or did they skip a couple releases?

ValetteJul 09, 2004 at 6:29PM

it jumps from 1984 to 2000 with os x.

Robbie SinclairJul 09, 2004 at 7:37PM

Yeah, I was looking forward to seeing the very ones they left out. Although I did find the similarities between the 80's era GUI and OS X (like the "Column View") amusing.

SchianoJul 10, 2004 at 11:56AM

So there was nothing between 1984 and 2000? Lame.

anthonyJul 10, 2004 at 3:47PM

schiano: it is missing, numerically, quite a few releases. but, style-wise. not much. i would have liked one system 7,8, or 9 screenshot.

BrianJul 11, 2004 at 9:07PM

GUIdebook (http://www.aci.com.pl/mwichary/guidebook/) has a much more complete history, although the prototype pics where pretty cool.

This thread is closed to new comments. Thanks to everyone who responded.