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A Personal History of User Interface Design at Microsoft. Tandy Trower CEO, Hoaloha Robotics. It all started in 1981. Or you could say here…. Or here…. Or even here. 1980. I started with a few products…. And these…. And these. Then this man changed my life.
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A Personal History of User Interface Design at Microsoft Tandy Trower CEO, Hoaloha Robotics
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!”
Windows 286 and Windows 386 (1988) • Windows/286 – 286 protected mode, exceed 640K memory limit • Windows/386 – Multiple DOS sessions
Window 3.0 (1990) • New “Program Manager” • color support • HP printer driver
Microsoft User Interface Design Group(1988 – 1994) • Internal design support • Usability testing • UI Guidelines • IBM UI liaison (ended 1989) • Advanced UI design
Windows NT (Cairo - Allchin)and Windows 95 (Chicago - Silverberg) • Start menu • Task manager • Internet Explorer • Accessibility Options
Hoaloha Robotics (2009 - Present) • “Hoaloha” – Hawaiian for “good friend” • Create autonomously mobile, socially interactive companions to empower seniors and disabled persons