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Origins of the Apple Human Interface
Computer History Museum
A 1997 Computer History Museum lecture in which Larry Tesler and Chris Espinosa recount how the Apple human interface was born, from the Lisa through the Macintosh. It covers design decisions such as discoverability and the standard editing keys.
HN commenters cite it as a primary source on Lisa and Mac interface history, and a transcription of it was itself discussed on HN.
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