The magic of Xerox PARC

Chapter 1

The birth of a dream lab

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Chapter 2

Designing the future's interface

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Chapter 3

Connecting the world together

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Chapter 4

The great technology handoff

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Master of The magic of Xerox PARC

Ch 2 · Designing the future's interface

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Paper Desktop Sandbox

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steve How the computer mouse found its click

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steve What you see is what you get

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steve The Xerox Alto changes everything

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steve Inventing the screen you look at today

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Xerox PARC, they made the way, Point and click, every single day!

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How the computer mouse found its click

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Fun Fact

The first mouse ball: The rolling ball inside early computer mice was actually a standard, high-quality steel ball coated in rubber.

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Inventing the screen you look at today

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Quiz

What four elements make up the 'WIMP' interface system invented at PARC?

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Gossip

Which interface feature is the most important invention?

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How much did it cost Xerox to build a single Alto computer in 1973?

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What was the name of the world's first WYSIWYG word processor developed at PARC?

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What was the name of the revolutionary computer built by Xerox PARC in 1973?

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Who improved the computer mouse in 1971 by adding a rolling ball?

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What does the acronym 'WYSIWYG' stand for in document editing?

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What does the tech acronym 'GUI' stand for?

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Which programming language, developed at PARC by Alan Kay's group, popularized object-oriented programming?