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UI&us is about User Interface Design, User Experience design and the cognitive psychology behind design in general. It's written by Keith Lang, co-founder of Skitch; now a part of Evernote.  His views and opinions are his own and do not represent in any way the views or opinions of any company. 

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OS Interface Design 1981–2009

DateTuesday, April 21, 2009 at 10:45AM

Webdesigner Depot presents a great graphical overview of various OSs from past to present.


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Great link. It really gives you an idea of how ahead of it's time NeXTSTEP 1.0 was in 1989.

You also get a good feel for the value that each company or project put into aesthetic design - some (not naming any names) obviously considered it an afterthought!

April 21, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterNick Forge

Yeah NeXTSTEP was really a great operating system. By the same token, BeOS looked to be a brilliant system, but Steve Jobs only came with one. Apple has done will to leverage the work done in NeXTSTEP though, which in turn leverages all the work done in UNIX.

April 21, 2009 | Unregistered CommenterKeith Lang
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