'William English, Who Helped Build the Computer Mouse, Dies at 91'

RandomTroll · 08-02-2020, 02:56 AM

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/31/t...ies-at-91.html an interesting story.

hazel · 08-02-2020, 06:32 AM

We stand on the shoulders of giants!

I was fascinated to learn why it is called a mouse. When I first started using a GUI, I was told a different story, namely that it's about the size of a mouse and has a long tail. Of course there were no wireless mice then.

syg00 · 08-02-2020, 06:50 AM

And I was under the impression it all emanated from PARC.

1968 - wow, a couple of years before I even started with programming in high school ...

syg00 · 08-02-2020, 06:50 AM

damn - duplicate, deleted.

hazel · 08-02-2020, 07:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by syg00

And I was under the impression it all emanated from PARC.

He worked at PARC.

syg00 · 08-02-2020, 07:45 AM

I am aware of that. Read the entire article.

michaelk · 08-02-2020, 07:58 AM

The first GUI was developed by PARC in 1973. Xerox did not see the computer as a consumer product at the time and basically gave the design to Apple.

They realized their mistake about 10 years later and the rest is history...

jefro · 08-03-2020, 08:34 PM

Xerox really did have a modern design.

I see the problem in that photo in link. He doesn't have a table to work on so maybe that is why the mouse deal fell thru?