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Who created the checkbox widget? System 1 (1984) had check marks on the menu and "x boxes", which are equivalent, but not checkboxes afaik
by pera 3y ago
Who created the checkbox widget? System 1 (1984) had check marks on the menu and "x boxes", which are equivalent, but not checkboxes afaik
- bee_rider 3y agoI actually have no idea, I made up 1990 completely, I bet it is way too late. In any case, I guess it is just the digitization of an existing UI element from paper forms, right?
- Someone 3y ago> System 1 (1984) had check marks on the menu and "x boxes", which are equivalent, but not checkboxes afaik I think it had (https://andymatuschak.org/files/papers/Apple%20Human%20Interface%20Guidelines%201987.pdf https://andymatuschak.org/files/papers/Apple%20Human%20Inter..., page 56) I don’t know whether those were the first, but https://skeuomorphic.design/p/from-paper-ballots-to-pixels-tracing https://skeuomorphic.design/p/from-paper-ballots-to-pixels-t... claims they were, in the sense that the Mac made radio buttons different from toggle buttons. Does anybody know in what cultures a checkmark would be inappropriate, as that page claims?
- pera 3y agoThanks, that's a nice pdf: so what I called "x boxes" were actually named "check boxes" (although they didn't use the check mark symbol)
- silon42 3y agoHere are some samples from 1987... (CUA standard) http://toastytech.com/guis/cua1987.html http://toastytech.com/guis/cua1987.html