Comment by itopaloglu83
11 hours ago
I thought Xerox demoed something they haven’t implemented yet, and Apple turned a mockup into a real GUI.
11 hours ago
I thought Xerox demoed something they haven’t implemented yet, and Apple turned a mockup into a real GUI.
They implemented it. They just couldn't get out of their own way to successfully sell it (See "Dealer's of Lightning"[0])
0 - https://www.amazon.com/Dealers-Lightning-Xerox-PARC-Computer...
They changed the live system from having line by line scrolling to pixel scrolling after Jobs asked why they didn't do it during the lunch break.
No that is not true. Read about PARC and all the crazy tech they built some time. It was ahead of its time!