Comments on: Microsoft Surface, Sun Starfire and Apple Knowledge Navigator Videos http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface-sun-starfire-and-apple-knowledge-navigator-videos/ Tech Evangelist Joey deVilla on Shopify, startups, software development, tech news and other nerdy stuff Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:18:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Joey deVilla http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface-sun-starfire-and-apple-knowledge-navigator-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Joey deVilla Thu, 31 May 2007 14:26:25 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface-sun-starfire-and-apple-knowledge-navigator-videos/#comment-252 I'm glad you liked it, Michael! I lucked out and saw the Knowledge Navigator video around 1990 thanks to a friend of mine who worked as an Apple VAR. The video was included in a bundle of the CD-ROMs that Apple HQ regularly sent to Apple resellers. I'm glad someone put it up on YouTube. I agree with you -- in a lot of cases, there <em>does</em> seem to be some kind of trickle-down effect as far as Apple and user interaction goes. I’m glad you liked it, Michael!

I lucked out and saw the Knowledge Navigator video around 1990 thanks to a friend of mine who worked as an Apple VAR. The video was included in a bundle of the CD-ROMs that Apple HQ regularly sent to Apple resellers. I’m glad someone put it up on YouTube.

I agree with you — in a lot of cases, there does seem to be some kind of trickle-down effect as far as Apple and user interaction goes.

]]> By: Michael http://www.globalnerdy.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface-sun-starfire-and-apple-knowledge-navigator-videos/comment-page-1/#comment-251 Michael Wed, 30 May 2007 23:19:50 +0000 http://globalnerdy.com/2007/05/30/microsoft-surface-sun-starfire-and-apple-knowledge-navigator-videos/#comment-251 Thanks for linking to that Knowledge Navigator clip, I hadn't seen it before. I imagine many (or at least a few) people drew the parallels with Starfire when they saw Surface and I googled 'Starfire Surface' on the off-chance that the connection had been raised at either Endgadget, Gizmodo or Digg (and therefore all of the above) ... that's what led me here. I guess with the combination of LISA, Macintosh, Bruce Tognazzini, and NeXT, most of the key features of current and <em>near-future</em> UI development are firmly based on Apple designs/designers. (post Xerox ... seeing that Macintosh was based on a combination of LISA+ Xerox) Thanks for linking to that Knowledge Navigator clip, I hadn’t seen it before.

I imagine many (or at least a few) people drew the parallels with Starfire when they saw Surface and I googled ‘Starfire Surface’ on the off-chance that the connection had been raised at either Endgadget, Gizmodo or Digg (and therefore all of the above) … that’s what led me here.

I guess with the combination of LISA, Macintosh, Bruce Tognazzini, and NeXT, most of the key features of current and near-future UI development are firmly based on Apple designs/designers.
(post Xerox … seeing that Macintosh was based on a combination of LISA+ Xerox)

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