How Steve Jobs got the ideas of GUI from XEROX

Why it was recommended

I was so blinded by the first thing they showed me, which was the graphical user interface.

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What it covers

A short video telling how Xerox PARC invented the graphical user interface and how Steve Jobs's 1979 visit influenced Apple's Lisa. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Ringo Pebam

Length

9 min 41 sec

Year

2014

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