{"id":919,"date":"2024-10-15T21:34:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/?p=919"},"modified":"2024-10-15T21:34:42","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T21:34:42","slug":"xerox-star-the-forgotten-pioneer-that-shaped-modern-computing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/silicon-age\/xerox-star\/xerox-star-the-forgotten-pioneer-that-shaped-modern-computing\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Xerox Star: The Forgotten Pioneer That Shaped Modern Computing&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Xerox Star, released in 1981, didn\u2019t sell well, but it changed the future of personal computing in big ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Star was the first system to use a graphical interface with icons, windows, and a mouse. Before this, people used text commands to control computers, which wasn\u2019t easy for non-experts. The GUI made computers much more approachable for everyday users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It also introduced the idea of a desktop with files and folders represented as icons, similar to a real desk. This made organizing digital files more intuitive.<br>Even though it wasn\u2019t a commercial success, the Star heavily influenced later systems like Apple\u2019s Macintosh and Microsoft Windows. A lot of what we consider standard today\u2014like drag-and-drop and networked offices\u2014originated from the Xerox Star.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In short, the Xerox Star set the foundation for the personal computers we use now, making them more user-friendly and practical.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Xerox Star, released in 1981, didn\u2019t sell well, but it changed the future of personal computing in big ways&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xerox-star","tag-xerox-star"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=919"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":920,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/919\/revisions\/920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.interactiondesignhistory.com\/Fall2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}