13 Apr
2007
13 Apr
'07
1:12 p.m.
Hi,
Actually you were right the first time - Windows,
Icons, Mouse and Pull-down menu - or atleast according
to the guy demonstrating the Amiga (1000?) on BBC
Micro Live (from 1984/5)....
Interesting, all of the magazine articles I remember reading in the mid-80's
(and indeed our lecturer on "Human-Computer Interfaces" at Polytechnic) used
the definition of "WIMP" I gave above.
This was in the days of GEM, MAC "Finder", Amiga "Workbench" etc.
Just had a quick look on Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WIMP_%28computing%29, and it seems that both
definitions are equally valid. Learn something new every day. :-)
TTFN - Pete.