- A computer desktop, with various folders and files visible. The computer interface is a conceptual metaphor of a writing desk.
- Xerox Alto, the first modern personal computer to have a graphical user interface (GUI), debuted the PERSONAL COMPUTER AS DESKTOP metaphor, which...
- The desktop metaphor treats the computer monitor as if it is the top of the user's desk, upon which objects such as documents and folders of documents can be...
- Desktop Metaphor - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics.
- The effectiveness of the desktop metaphor depends on the consistency and clarity of the visual representation of actions and objects, which aids in user...
- From there, the Macintosh and Windows have battled it out to be the best form of the desktop metaphor.
- This picture shown here is from the Xerox star workstation in 1981, which was one of the first real mainstream computers to use the desktop metaphor.Yayınlandı26 Eki 2023
- Interface designers used metaphors to give meaning to their newly created environments.
- Desktop icons for Xerox Star 8010.jpg 1,945 × 1,573; 940 KB.
- The desktop metaphor is modelled after a real life desk with files and folders on top and useful items (calculator, trash bin...) nearby.