If you’re like me, chances are pretty good that you’ve been taught that all the elements of the modern computer user interface — programs running in windows, menus, icons, WYSIWYG… ...

Graphical user interfaces Graphical user interface is sometimes shortened to GUI. The user chooses an option usually by pointing a mouse at an icon representing that option.

A user interface is a program, or suite of programs that allows a user to interact with a computer. There are three types of interface to be considered: graphical user interface (GUI) - sometimes ...

From the first graphical user interface developed by Xerox in 1981 to the tablet-like, touch-screen interfaces of Mac OS X Lion and Windows 8, the tools to navigate a computer desktop have gone ...

The 1988 lawsuit underscores just how quickly personal computing converged around a single dominant user interface. Compare, for example, Windows 2.0 (which licensed Apple elements) with Windows 7.

Susan Kare, “Sketches for Graphic User Interface Icon” (1982), ink on graph paper (gift of the designer, 2015, photo by the author for Hyperallergic) ...

Take a tour of the movie industry's futuristic user interfaces, from Iron Man's heads-up display, to Star Trek's computer terminals.