Pictures of the first GUIs from Xerox

Re:Pictures of the first GUIs from Xerox by rbanffy on Thursday April 14, 2011 @11:11AM (#2447113)

I'm impressed by the utmost attention to details. I remember similar care when working with educational software for Apple IIs - we limited our 50% checkerboard pattern to 279x191 (instead of the 280x192 maximum) in order to be able to do exactly the same rounded corners on all four corners of the screen.

At times, the guy who came up with these ideas infuriated me, but, in hindsight, I am very glad I surrounded myself with such perfectionists.

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Re:Pictures of the first GUIs from Xerox by adriand on Thursday April 14, 2011 @11:23AM (#2447158)

Likewise. The way the document icon evolved (http://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/xerox-star-8...) is impressive. Seven iterations and the result is so good we're still using that icon today.

And, as a designer colleague pointed out, look how they thought out how the corners of things would interact with 50% dot fill: http://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/xerox-star-8...

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