0 GUI, which later evolved into OPENSTEP. The first NeXT computer was released in 1988, however significant advances were made in 1989 with the release of the NeXTSTEP 1. This idea later evolved into a startup called NeXT Computer Inc. Steve Jobs came up with the idea to create the perfect research computer for universities and research labs. This version of the GUI only supported monochrome, fixed icons. The GUI used in OS/ 2 was called “Presentation Manager”.
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OS/ 2 was originally co-developed by IBM and Microsoft, but in 1991 the two companies split up, with Microsoft incorporating the technology in its own Windows GUI and IBM developing OS/ 2 further. The windows could be overlapped, resized, maximized and minimized. In this version, the actual management of the windows had significantly improved. It was originally designed for the Commodore 64 and included a graphical word processor, called geoWrite and a paint program called geoPaint. The GEOS (Graphic Environment Operating System) operating system was developed by Berkeley Softworks (later GeoWorks). This feature was built into the GUI long before Mac OS X even existed. An interesting feature of this GUI is the support for vector icons. The 64-bit IRIX operating system was created for UNIX. The GUI was also ported to other computers but did not gain popularity on them.ġ986 - 1990 IRIX 3 (released in 1986, first release 1984) It was the core for Ventura Publisher and a few other DOS programs. It was also used on a series Amstrad’s IBM compatible computers. Most people will remember GEM as the GUI for the Atari ST computers. It was initially created for use with the CP/M operating system on the Intel 8088 and Motorola 68000 microprocessors and was later developed to run on DOS as well. GEM (Graphical Environment Manager) was a windowing style GUI created by Digital Research, Inc. The most interesting feature (which later was omitted) was the icon of the animated analog clock. The system featured 32× 32 pixel icons and color graphics.
0, its first GUI based operating system (although no one would dare to refer to it as one). In this year Microsoft finally caught up with the whole graphical user interface craze and released Windows 1. The GUI included features such as color graphics (four colors: black, white, blue, orange), preemptive multitasking, stereo sound and multi-state icons (selected and unselected).
When first released, Amiga was ahead of its time. The windows could be moved around with the mouse and files and folders could be copied by dragging and dropping onto the target location.Īpple Mac System 1. It had several features of a modern operating system, being windows based with icons. 0 was the first operating system GUI developed for the Macintosh. VisiCoprt Visi On, Source: toastytech.com The GUI made use of a mouse, it had a built-in installer and help system and it didn’t use icons. This system was targeted towards big corporations and came with a high price tag. Visi On was the first desktop GUI developed for the IBM PC. 1 in 1984, that upgraded the system itself, but not the graphical user interface. There were upgrades to Lisa OS, Lisa OS 2 in 1983 and Lisa OS 7/ 7 3. Unfortunately this workstation didn’t last, it was killed by Apple’s Macintosh operating system that was more affordable. It was developed by Apple with the intention of being a document processing workstation. It was known as “The Xerox Star”, later renamed “ViewPoint” and later again renamed to “GlobalView”.Īpple Lisa Office System 1 (released in 1983)Īlso referred to as Lisa OS, which in this case is short for Office System. This was the first system that was referred to as a fully integrated desktop computer including applications and a GUI. This was not a commercial product and was intended mainly for research at universities. The first personal computer which used a modern graphical user interface was the Xerox Alto, developed in 1973. This research opened a whole new era of computer graphic innovations. The first GUI was developed by researchers at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center ( PARC) in the ’ 70s. I should mention that this article showcases only the significant advances in GUI design (not operating system advances) and also not all of the graphical user interfaces and operating systems existing today. We’ll be taking a look at the evolution of the interface designs of the major operating systems since the 80’s. Over the years a range of GUI’s have been developed for different operating systems such as OS/ 2, Macintosh, Windowsamiga, Linux, Symbian OS, and more. A Graphical User Interface ( GUI for short) allows users to interact with the computer hardware in a user friendly way.
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