Editing User interface (section)

=== 1968–present: Graphical user interface ===
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[[File:AMX desk box.jpg|thumb|AMX Desk made a basic [[WIMP (computing)|WIMP]] GUI.]]
[[File:1989 - Linotype Wysiwyg 2000.jpg|thumb|Linotype WYSIWYG 2000, 1989]]

* 1968 – [[Douglas Engelbart]] demonstrated [[NLS (computer system)|NLS]], a system which uses a [[Computer mouse|mouse]], [[Pointer (user interface)|pointers]], [[hypertext]], and multiple [[Window (computing)|windows]].<ref name="harding">{{cite journal|last1=McCown|first1=Frank|title=History of the Graphical User Interface (GUI)|url=https://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/history-gui.pptx|publisher=Harding University|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141108121810/http://www.harding.edu/fmccown/gui/history-gui.pptx|archive-date=2014-11-08}}</ref>
* 1970 – Researchers at [[PARC (company)|Xerox Palo Alto Research Center]] (many from [[SRI International|SRI]]) develop [[WIMP (computing)|WIMP]] paradigm (Windows, Icons, Menus, Pointers)<ref name="harding"/>
* 1973 – [[Xerox Alto]]: commercial failure due to expense, poor user interface, and lack of programs<ref name="harding"/>
* 1979 – [[Steve Jobs]] and other [[Apple Inc.|Apple]] engineers visit Xerox PARC. Though [[Pirates of Silicon Valley]] dramatizes the events, Apple had already been working on developing a GUI, such as the Macintosh and Lisa projects, before the visit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.stanford.edu/dept/SUL/sites/mac/parc.html|title=The Xerox PARC Visit|website=web.stanford.edu|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://apple-history.com/gui|title=apple-history.com / Graphical User Interface (GUI)|website=apple-history.com|access-date=2019-02-08}}</ref>
* 1981 – [[Xerox Star]]: focus on [[WYSIWYG]]. Commercial failure (25K sold) due to cost ($16K each), performance (minutes to save a file, couple of hours to recover from crash), and poor marketing
* 1982 – [[Rob Pike]] and others at [[Bell Labs]] designed [[Blit (computer terminal)|Blit]], which was released in 1984 by AT&T and [[Teletype]] as DMD 5620 terminal.
* 1984 – Apple [[Macintosh 128K|Macintosh]] popularizes the [[GUI]]. [[Super Bowl commercials#Macintosh: .221984.22|Super Bowl commercial]] shown twice, was the most expensive commercial ever made at that time
* 1984 – [[MIT]]'s [[X Window System]]: hardware-independent platform and networking protocol for developing GUIs on UNIX-like systems
* 1985 – [[Windows 1.0]] – provided GUI interface to MS-DOS. No overlapping windows (tiled instead).
* 1985 – Microsoft and IBM start work on OS/2 meant to eventually replace MS-DOS and Windows
* 1986 – Apple threatens to sue [[Digital Research]] because their GUI desktop looked too much like Apple's Mac.
* 1987 – [[Windows 2.0]] – Overlapping and resizable windows, keyboard and mouse enhancements
* 1987 – Macintosh II: first full-color Mac
* 1988 – [[OS/2]] 1.10 Standard Edition (SE) has GUI written by Microsoft, looks a lot like Windows 2