The history of the graphical user interface, understood as the use of graphic icons and a pointing device to control a computer, covers a five-decade span of incremental refinements, built on some constant core principles. Several … See more

Mobile devices
General Magic is the apparent parent of all modern smartphone GUI, i.e. touch-screen based including the iPhone et al. In 2007, with the iPhone and later in 2010 with the introduction of the iPad, Apple popularized the See more

• Raj Lal "User Interface evolution in last 50 years", Digital Design and Innovation Summit, San Francisco, Sept 20, 2013
• Jeremy Reimer. "A History of the GUI" Ars Technica. May 5, 2005.
• "User Interface Timeline" George Mason University See more

Early dynamic information devices such as radar displays, where input devices were used for direct control of computer-created data, set the basis for later improvements of graphical … See more

The widespread adoption of the PC platform in homes and small businesses popularized computers among people with no formal training. … See more

• Windowing system
• Bill Atkinson
• The Blit (graphics terminal by Rob Pike, 1982)
• Direct manipulation interface
• Douglas Engelbart's On-Line System See more