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Computer Mouse Co-inventor William English Dies at 91

posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 04 2020, @05:59AM   Printer-friendly
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Computer mouse co-inventor William English dies at 91:

One of the pioneers of the modern computer interface has passed away: the New York Times reports that William "Bill" English died on July 26th from respiratory failure at the age of 91. Alongside Douglas Englebart at the Stanford Research Institute, English helped develop the first computer mouse and put together a 1968 "Mother of All Demos" that outlined many concepts that would come to PCs over the decades, such as graphical user interfaces, online text editing, video calls and hypertext links.

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  • (Score: 2) by Bot on Wednesday August 05 2020, @09:41PM

    by Bot (3902) on Wednesday August 05 2020, @09:41PM (#1031970) Journal

    I find your reply very interesting. I assumed hardcore players would have explored playing with trackball instead of mice if the former were better. Guess I must order one and try out for myself.

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