Xerox Alto user interface

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The Xerox Alto user interface was a pioneering graphical user interface featuring windows, icons, and a desktop metaphor that profoundly shaped the design of modern personal computing environments.

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Generate an image of the Xerox Alto user interface (The Xerox Alto user interface was a pioneering graphical user interface featuring windows, icons, and a desktop metaphor that profoundly shaped the design of modern personal computing environments.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf WIMP interface ⓘ
graphical user interface ⓘ
basedOn research at Xerox PARC ⓘ
colorModel monochrome ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
demonstratedTo Apple engineers in late 1970s ⓘ
designedFor personal workstation use ⓘ
designGoal make computing more accessible to non-specialists ⓘ
developedBy Xerox PARC ⓘ
developedFor Xerox Alto ⓘ
displayType portrait bitmapped display ⓘ
documentedIn Xerox PARC technical reports ⓘ
feature WYSIWYG text editing ⓘ
bitmapped graphics display ⓘ
contextual menus ⓘ
iconic file representations ⓘ
icons ⓘ
menus ⓘ
mouse pointer ⓘ
mouse-driven interaction ⓘ
multiple document windows ⓘ
overlapping windows ⓘ
resizable windows ⓘ
scroll bars ⓘ
scrollable documents ⓘ
window title bars ⓘ
hardwarePlatform Xerox Alto workstation ⓘ
historicalSignificance foundation of modern GUI design ⓘ
inception 1973 ⓘ
influenced Apple Lisa user interface ⓘ
Apple Macintosh user interface ⓘ
Microsoft Windows user interface ⓘ
linked to: Windows

Star user interface ⓘ
modern desktop environments ⓘ
inputDevice keyboard ⓘ
three-button mouse ⓘ
notableFor early use of mouse-driven GUI ⓘ
early use of overlapping windows ⓘ
pioneering desktop metaphor ⓘ
predecessor command-line interfaces ⓘ
researchContext human–computer interaction ⓘ
office automation ⓘ
resolution 606×808 pixels ⓘ
usedInApplication Bravo text editor ⓘ
Draw graphics program ⓘ
Gypsy text editor ⓘ
Laurel email client ⓘ
usesMetaphor desktop metaphor ⓘ

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NLS → influenced → Xerox Alto user interface ⓘ
Xerox Alto user interface → developedBy → Xerox PARC ⓘ
linked to: Xerox Alto user interface
Xerox Alto user interface → developedFor → Xerox Alto ⓘ
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Xerox Alto user interface → hardwarePlatform → Xerox Alto workstation ⓘ
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Python → influencedBy → Smalltalk ⓘ
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Star user interface → introducedOnPlatform → Xerox Star workstation ⓘ
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Star user interface → predecessorOf → Microsoft Windows 1.0 user interface ⓘ
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Gypsy text editor → operatingSystem → Xerox Alto system software ⓘ
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Gypsy text editor → platform → Xerox Alto ⓘ
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Gypsy text editor → hardwareEnvironment → Xerox Alto personal workstation ⓘ
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Gypsy text editor → category → Xerox Alto software ⓘ
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Laurel email client → operatingSystem → Xerox Alto operating system ⓘ
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Laurel email client → platform → Xerox Alto ⓘ
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Laurel email client → hardwareRequirements → Xerox Alto personal workstation ⓘ
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Laurel email client → category → Xerox Alto software ⓘ
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Apple Lisa → influencedBy → Xerox Alto ⓘ
linked to: Xerox Alto user interface
Alan Kay → knownFor → Xerox Alto ⓘ
linked to: Xerox Alto user interface
Apple Macintosh team → influencedBy → Xerox PARC Alto interface concepts ⓘ
linked to: Xerox Alto user interface
Lisa OS → basedOn → Xerox PARC GUI concepts ⓘ
linked to: Xerox Alto user interface
GEM (Graphics Environment Manager) → basedOn → Xerox PARC-style WIMP interface ⓘ
linked to: Xerox Alto user interface
Lisa Office System → influencedBy → Xerox PARC Alto software environment ⓘ
linked to: Xerox Alto user interface