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RiscOS had the x as well in the late 1980s edit - Here's Arthur, the precursor to RiscOS in ~ 1986 - http://www.rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/2012/PaulFellows/
by lotsofmangos 12y ago
RiscOS had the x as well in the late 1980s
edit - Here's Arthur, the precursor to RiscOS in ~ 1986 - http://www.rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/2012/PaulFellows/1024/IMG_8131.jpg http://www.rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/2012/PaulFellows/10... - It has nice x icons.
- LeoPanthera 12y agoHere's a cleaner shot: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Risc_OS_311_Desktop.png http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Risc_OS_311_De... Until the NewLook sprite set, it looks more like a weird flower shape than an X. Here it is with NewLook: http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/full/riscos37.png http://www.guidebookgallery.org/pics/gui/desktop/full/riscos... Clearly now an X.
- gpvos 12y agoThat's RISC OS 3, which is several years later. Arthur already had the X in 1987, see for example http://mobile.osnews.com/story.php/18941/mobile-opt-out.php http://mobile.osnews.com/story.php/18941/mobile-opt-out.php . (Later than the 1985 find in Atari OS of the original article, but still interesting.) As far as I know, Acorn's RISC OS also pioneered the icon bar and the context menu.
- LeoPanthera 12y agoI see that, but it's the same symbol as pre-NewLook RO3, and is only charitably described as an "X". It's more of a splat.