The magic of Xerox PARC

Chapter 1

The birth of a dream lab

Chapter 2

Designing the future's interface

Chapter 3

Connecting the world together

Chapter 4

The great technology handoff

YOUR GOAL

Master of The magic of Xerox PARC

Ch 2 · Designing the future's interface

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BETA

steve Build desktop interfaces to discover the innovations born at Xerox PARC.

Jul 9

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steve Designing the future's interface

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

Jul 2

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steve How the computer mouse found its click

Jul 2

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steve PARC took Douglas Engelbart's early wooden mouse design and perfected it into a smooth, everyday tool.

Jul 2

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steve PARC replaced text-only black screens with the first graphical user interface featuring windows, icons, and menus.

Jul 2

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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.

Jul 2

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Gossip

Which interface feature is the most important invention?

Jul 2

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Quiz

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

Jul 2

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steve What you see is what you get

Jul 2

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Quiz

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

Jul 2

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steve The Xerox Alto changes everything

Jul 2

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Quiz

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

Jul 2

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steve Inventing the screen you look at today

Jul 2

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Quiz

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

Jul 2

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Quiz

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

Jul 2

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Quiz

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

Jul 2

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Quiz

What does the tech acronym 'GUI' stand for?

Jul 2

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Quiz

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

Jul 2