User Interface Changes

How have the modern interaction design principles and designs seen today in 2020 evolved from the first glimmers of graphical user interfaces in the Xerox Star (1982) and the popular Macintosh that became available in 1984. What layers have changed? Which have stayed essentially the same (or changed very little)? Which continue to change as we envision future ways to interact with technology?

Write a short piece thinking about these questions and post to the class blog.

• Evolution of Mac and Xerox UI
  by Ruth Bhavsar
  Some of the first concepts and functions of computers that we are so familiarized with today were revolutionary not that long ago. In 1982, the…
• Tracing the evolution of GUI: there and back again
  by Monica Xu
  GUI stands for the graphic user interface which build direct connections between the computer hardware and the user. The history of GUI can be retrospect…
• Graphical user interfaces
  by DeeDee Kwon
  Looking back now, it’s just a built-in bundle software with simple features, but this program was a simple tool to utilize best Xerox Star and…
• Xerox Star and Macintosh
  by Vincent Chen
  Since computers this product have walked into normal people’s life, any type of user interface that creates a better experience had been designed. And Xerox…
• All Updates and Retentions are for a Better Experience
  by Jasmine Sun
  The state of UI design is always in progress. From its 40 year history, designers have been making updates. Of course, that doesn’t mean everything…
• The changes in the interface
  by Betty Deng
• How History Happened
  by Brian Zhao
  The computer user interface system has been evolving since it appeared. The starting point of this history is the Xerox Star. Xerox Star provided a…
• What We Learn from Changes of GUIs
  by Mengyao Xiu
  According to the video of Xerox Star, there are multiple files and documents icons shown on the desktop. Those icons are familiar objects we all…
• User Interface changes, from Xerox Star&Macintosh to now
  by Zijie Zhou
  Xerox Star was the first commercial personal computer introduced by Xerox Corporation in 1982. The technologies Xerox Star used that have since become the standard…
• The First Computers to Present Day Technology
  by Evan Tang
  Modern interaction design principles have been born out of the iterations of past technologies like Xerox Star and Macintosh. In the demos for these technologies,…
• I MUST compare those UIs!
  by Hermione Hu
  Those early days demo are so so exciting! I always want to compare the Mac and the Windows UI for so long and now I…
• It’s a Metaphor.
  by Elaine Choi
  When comparing the graphical interfaces of Xerox Star and original Macintosh to that of modern day, it is easy to contrast the aesthetic elements. What…
• What you see is what you get
  by Betty Li
  Looking at my keyboard, I appreciate the invention of shortcut keys. When I saw that the 1982 version of the keyboard in the Xerox Star…
• The Start and Macintosh influences on the modern interaction design
  by Lylyna Heng
  Xerox Star interface design imitated the office environment, which Steve Jobs would steal for his Macintosh design. The overlap here was to mimic everyday life,…
• Classic continuation and innovation of GUI
  by Elena Wang
  Graphical user interfaces appeared on personal computers in the 1980s. This is a huge change from the text-only computer shown in the movie The Mother…
• Can We Predict the Future of Technology Base On What We Have Today?
  by Ted Huang
  Xerox introduced the Xerox 8010 Star Information System in 1982. This groundbreaking development was the game-changer for the new era of personal computing. Xerox Star…
• GUI: don’t change what isn’t broken
  by Anh Truong
  In 1981, Xerox introduced the 8010 “Star” Information System. Star’s introduction was an important event in the history of personal computing because it changed how…
• First PCs to Now
  by Jonahtan Rabago
  The first personal computers with graphical capabilities were Xerox Star (1982) and the Apple Macintosh (1984). They were revolutionary, in the way that they were…
• Cooperation with Computers
  by Corey Rossi
  The Xerox Star was a fascinating intro to user interfaces. The use of icons to create familiarity and the ability to control and organize your…
• From Early UI Design To Now
  by Peter Peng
  Looking at the graphical user interfaces of the Xerox Star (1982) and the Macintosh (1984) and comparing them to modern computers and devices, we can…
• UI in 80’s vs today
  by Tai Hao
  The Xerox Star, the pioneer of the graphical digital interface, which was introduced in 1982, had shown lots of similarities compared to today’s UI. Lots…
• Root Words In Computer UI Design
  by Rebecca Lin
  We can see shadows from the Xerox Star and the Machintosh in today’s computer UI design. Many features are sharing the same principle and are…
• How far We’ve Gotten with GUI’s and Modern Interaction Designs
  by Philip Joo
  Looking at the graphical user interface for the Xerox Star (1982) and the Macintosh (1984) and comparing it to modern day computers and devices, we…
• Surviving Elements of the Original Computer Interfaces
  by Noah Ahrens
  Many of the familiar commands and interface elements we encounter everyday in modern technology are not too far from what was introduced in the first…
• Ctrl+C, V to Behaviour
  by John Cho
  In the 1980s, the personal computer emerged with a preliminary desktop interface. The graphic metaphors for the computers, such as icons of a folder and…
• What Interface was, is, and will be?
  by Amanda Liu
  As we can see, the graphic metaphors being used in those systems are still being used today. These include icons of document, folder, disk, and…