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Evolution of User Interface Design at Microsoft: A Personal History

Follow the journey of Tandy Trower, former Microsoft CEO, as he recounts the evolution of user interface design at Microsoft from its early days to the present, including key developments, products, and innovations.

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Evolution of User Interface Design at Microsoft: A Personal History

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  1. A Personal History of User Interface Design at Microsoft Tandy Trower CEO, Hoaloha Robotics

  2. It all started in 1981

  3. Or you could say here…

  4. Or here…

  5. Or even here

  6. 1980

  7. I started with a few products…

  8. And these…

  9. And these

  10. Then this man changed my life

  11. “Why are you letting this guy steal our market?!”

  12. Microsoft Interface Manager (1983)

  13. Xerox Star

  14. Xerox Cedar and Scott McGregor

  15. Windows pre-1.0 (1984)

  16. System Requirements • IBM PC (or compatible) running MS-DOS • 256K of RAM • Dual floppy drives • CGA graphics adapter (320 x 200, 16 color) • Mouse (optional) “You WILL ship this by summer 1985!”

  17. Windows 1.0 Premiere Edition (1985)

  18. IBM TopView and Microsoft

  19. IBM OS/2 Presentation Managerand the IBM-Microsoft JDA

  20. IBM Common User Access

  21. Windows 2.0 (1987)

  22. Visual Basic 1.0 (1987)

  23. Windows 286 and Windows 386 (1988) • Windows/286 – 286 protected mode, exceed 640K memory limit • Windows/386 – Multiple DOS sessions

  24. Window 3.0 (1990) • New “Program Manager” • color support • HP printer driver

  25. Microsoft User Interface Design Group(1988 – 1994) • Internal design support • Usability testing • UI Guidelines • IBM UI liaison (ended 1989) • Advanced UI design

  26. Windows NT (Cairo - Allchin)and Windows 95 (Chicago - Silverberg) • Start menu • Task manager • Internet Explorer • Accessibility Options

  27. Microsoft Bob (1995)

  28. Microsoft Office Assistant (1997)

  29. Microsoft Office Assistant 2.0 and Microsoft Agent (1999)

  30. Windows Media Center (2002)

  31. BillG Staff (2003 – 2005)

  32. Windows 6 Vista (2006)Windows 7 (2009)

  33. Microsoft Office 2007

  34. Microsoft Robotics Studio (2006)

  35. Hoaloha Robotics (2009 - Present) • “Hoaloha” – Hawaiian for “good friend” • Create autonomously mobile, socially interactive companions to empower seniors and disabled persons

  36. Windows 8 (2012)Windows 10 (2015)

  37. Thank You

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