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Originally Posted by Dylrob
From what I understand the PARC interface was rather convoluted though. Like you had to click one of the three mouse buttons to start a selection, then a different one to complete it.
And to be clear PARC did not develop the mouse itself. That was created more than half a decade earlier by a man named Douglas Engelbart (who envisioned it to be used alongside a chorded keyboard).
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No argument on either count, but still the modern GUI interface (even with a 3 button mouse), was designed and tested there. Designing and testing human/computer interfaces was what PARC was for. Credit where credit is due.