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icon grids predate the iphone, of course (windows mobile, palm pilot, newton?). I think Apple's claims were more specific, dealing with particular icons, colors
by magicalist 14y ago
icon grids predate the iphone, of course (windows mobile, palm pilot, newton?). I think Apple's claims were more specific, dealing with particular icons, colors, and the favorite apps at the bottom.
- DanBC 14y agoDid 16x16 (and then 32x32, and etc etc) icons get patents? Because someone, somewhere, lost a lot of money - and I got consistently sized icons for many years. EDIT: This isn't as ridiculous as it sounds. See this 2002 article. BT registered a patent in 1976 for "double clicking hyperlinks" (or somesuch), and then in 2000 they realised that they owned this patent, and a bunch of people were clicking hyperlinks on the WWW, and they started suing people. They lost. (http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/BT-patent-case-raises-e-commerce-planning-issues http://www.computerweekly.com/feature/BT-patent-case-raises-...) (http://eupat.ffii.org/pikta/xrani/hyperlink/ http://eupat.ffii.org/pikta/xrani/hyperlink/)
- vacri 14y agofavorite apps at the bottom Quicklaunch bars certainly predate the iphone