13 Apr
2007
13 Apr
'07
3:43 p.m.
On Friday 13 April 2007 03:15, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On 13/04/2007 04:13, Ensor wrote:
No. "W"indows, "I"cons, "M"enus, "P"ointer
The mouse *is* the pointer (though it could be any other pointing
device, of course).
I'm reading "A History of Modern Computing", 2nd Edition, Paul Ceruzzi,
Curator of Aerospace Electronics and Computing at the National Air and Space
Museum.
Page 261 - "Apple, not Xerox, brought the concept of windows, icons, a mouse,
and pull-down menus (the WIMP interface) to a mass market..."
Regards,
Lyle
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Lyle Bickley
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
Mountain View, CA
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
...."WIMP" for Windows, Icons, Menus and Pulldowns (or was it
"Pop-ups" or "Pointers"?)....
"W"indows, "I"cons, "M"ouse, "P"ointer