![]() Taking the visions of Engelbart, and their new visionarieslike Larry Tesler and Alan Kay, these began work on a new typeof computer. They paid them simply toperform research pertaining to the field of computer science toeventually create new advancements in computers, regardless ofprice. Not wanting to lose out on this new computerrevolution Xerox had set the place up for useby the greatest geniusesin the computer industry at the time. Called the PaloAlto Research Center (PARC) it was established in 1970 byXerox Corporation. Most of the engineersworking for Engelbart fled to a new facility at 3333 Coyote HillRoad, in Palo Alto, California. Unfortunately, Engelbart enventuallylost funding before he could finish his project. ![]() Becausethe three buttons looked like eyes and a nose and the cord lookedlike a tail, the little pointing device was christened the "mouse". His team hasmany interesting ideas, and developed a couple notable products.The most notable of which was developed in 1963 a pointing devicethat had three buttons on one end and a cord one the other. Engelbart took this idea and began to work on making it a reality.Working at a section of the Department of Defense called the AdvancedResearch Project Agency (ARPA) he recruited several gifted computerscientists to design such a revolutionary machine. He later wrote a little about its design,but never really did anything with it. First thought upin 1945 by Vanaver Bush in his "memex" computer, heenvisioned a time when users would interact with a machine witha graphical interface. The graphical user interface now in use by every major operatingsystem in the world has an intriguing history. ![]() A History of the Graphical User Interface
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