interaction design history

How has the graphical user interface changed since the early Macintosh / Windows days? What has stayed the same? What needs to be improved now that technology has improved? Since the early days of Macintosh and Windows, the...

Since the early days of Macintosh and Windows, GUI has changed a lot. Early computers were pretty simple and boxy - like gray windows, pixelated icons, not many colors. Everything was controlled by mouse and keyboard, and you had...

When the first Macintosh appeared, the screen felt like a window: a neat frame where icons stood politely in rows, waiting to be clicked. It was simple, logical, and humane. Fast forward to today, and that window has become an...

The early Macintosh and Windows were dominated by pixelated, simple windows, looking very simple but lacking in aesthetics. This gradually evolved into skeuomorphism, which seemed to incorporate real-world objects into the UI, a...

While most people may not pay much attention to the significance of the trash can at the lower right corner of their computer screen, a long line of computer history is behind it. In the early days of Mac, folders and documents...

The early Macintosh and Windows systems didn't just invent a new way of interacting with computers, they also redefined the relationship between human perception and digital logic. In the 1980s, Apple's Human Interface Group and...

Way back in Macintosh's/Windows' early days, the graphical user interface, or GUI, was something really special. They popularized the desktop, Windows, and folder metaphors, and promoted them to a wider range of audiences than...

Since the early Macintosh and Windows days, graphical user interfaces have changed a lot. They used to be very simple, with black-and-white icons and basic windows, but now they are colorful, animated, and work with touch, voice,...

Graphical User Interfaces have transformed dramatically since personal computers first became accessible to the general public. The 1984 Macintosh and Windows 95 introduced a visual way of interacting with computers, using...