Could you put a date on that (along with some proof)?
- Andrew B (via mobile phone)
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<pete at dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
On 13/04/2007 07:13, Andrew Burton wrote:
> 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).
But you don't need a mouse, specifically; it could
be any pointing
device. And many systems use context-sensitive
pop-up menus that are
not pull-down. The original acronym was for Windows
Icons Menus and
Pointer.
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