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Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but watching Alan Kay describe Ivan Sutherland's program "Sketchpad" was monumentally jaw-dropping for me. To wit, "Ske
by kickingvegas 14y ago
Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet, but watching Alan Kay describe Ivan Sutherland's program "Sketchpad" was monumentally jaw-dropping for me.
To wit, "Sketchpad" was the first GUI program.
It featured:
* Interactive graphics
* Constraint-based layout
* Object Oriented Programming
* Pen-based input
Sutherland wrote "Sketchpad" as part of his Ph.D. thesis in 1963.
1963.
Here's some links on this:
Alan Kay describing "Sketchpad"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZqRJzE8xg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOZqRJzE8xg
Wikipedia Entry for "Sketchpad"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketchpad