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GUIs
Information about GUI families
Amiga OS
A unique (if slightly chaotic) GUI for Amiga machines
Apollo
Proprietary GUI for vintage workstation series
Apple II
Official Apple II GUIs, mimicking the Macintosh interface
BeOS
An independent, multiplatform, multimedia OS
Bob
A failed attempt at introducing room-based GUI for beginners
Common Desktop Environment
Common Desktop Environment, a proprietary desktop environment for UNIX
GEM
An early PC GUI, popular on Amstrad PCs
GEOS/GeoWorks
Graphical Environment Operating System originating on Commodore C64 and Apple II, later extended to PC platform
GNOME
One of the most popular Linux desktop environments
IRIX
A unique Unix GUI with some interesting concepts
KDE
Popular free Linux desktop environment
Lisa Office System
The first commercial personal computer GUI
Mac OS
The first important GUI, created for Macintoshes
Magic Cap
A non-desktop GUI for non-desktop machines
Newton OS
One of the first pen-based GUI for PDAs
NewWave
An object-oriented alternative to Windows shell
NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/Rhapsody
An innovative GUI originating on NeXT machines, then ported to other platforms
oNLine System/Augment
An innovative system that brought us mouse and windows
OPEN LOOK
Early UNIX GUI
OS/2
An operating system for Intel machines, still on life support and concurrently developed as eComStation
Packard Bell Navigator
A family-oriented GUI included with Packard Bell computers
PenPoint
An interesting pen-based GUI
QNX
A microkernel, multiplatform real-time operating system, used by many embedded systems in industrial and telecommunication devices
RISC OS
Operating system/GUI for Acorn Archimedes and, later, Risc PC series of computers from Great Britain
Sketchpad
A first direct manipulation user interface
Symbian OS/EPOC
An operating system designed for mobile devices
The X Window System
A Unix-based windowing system
TOS
A GEM clone used on Atari ST and TT machines
Visi On
One of the first PC GUIs with a short career
Windows
Currently the most popular GUI, created for Intel-based PCs
Windows CE/Mobile
The portable, pen-based, low-footprint edition of Windows
Xerox Star/ViewPoint/GlobalView
The original WIMP GUI and its descendants
 
Timelines
Chronologies and timetables of GUI evolution
Combined timeline
A combined timeline of important GUI events in the history
Release chart
A chart of GUI releases
 
Screenshots
Screenshots of GUI components and features
 
Icons
Icon and mouse pointer charts
Components
Icons of applications and GUI features
Drives and devices
Icons of drives (floppies, hard disks, CD drives etc.) and devices (printer, scanners etc.)
Documents and folders
Icons of documents and folders
Mouse pointers
Mouse pointers for various GUI modes/states
 
Sounds
Collection of GUI event sounds
 
Splashes
Various splash screens from applications
 
Applications
Screenshots from GUI-based applications
iTunes
A popular music player from Apple
Photoshop
The most popular desktop digital imaging package
 
Ads
Advertisements and taglines for operating systems
Magazine advertisements
Scans and transcripts of GUI magazine ads
Slideshows
GUI slideshows
Internet
Internet ads
Taglines
List of taglines (slogans) accompanying graphical user interfaces
 
Videos
GUI movies
Interfaces
Videos of graphical user interfaces
Demonstrations
GUI demonstrations and presentations
Ads
Video advertisements of GUIs
 
Articles
Articles about GUIs
 
Books
Information and excerpts of old GUI-related books
 
Tutorials
Tutorials, guides and tours of various GUIs
 
Extras
Assorted things
Spotlights
Spotlights on groundbreaking and innovative GUIs
Apple Lisa
The groundbreaking GUI-driven computer from 1983
Photos
GUI-related photographs
GUIs in real life
Pictures of real-world GUI ties
Trivia
Interesting facts and factoids regarding GUIs
Quotes
Quotes regarding GUIs
Links
Links to other GUI-related websites
Indexes
Indexes of GUI-related information
Companies
Companies involved in producing and/or releasing GUIs
Interface names
GUI interface names
 
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About
Introduction to the site and some technical details
Contact
Contact with the author
Contributions
How to contribute to the site
History
A list of site updates
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