Then Apple came along and made the GUI make sense and turned it into an 'easy to use for the user' interface. Apple took it the furthest. For years Microsoft would wait to see what Apple was doing and then just take it. They all cared about the elements but were more concerned about what was being done with the elements and not that the elements were being used.
Legally ""who knows"" but back in the day they really didn't care.
On Wednesday, November 5, 2003, at 04:22 PM, jbv wrote:
Who owns the elements of the interface?
buttons, menus, hypertext, visual effects transitions, scroll fields, checkboxes, etc...I remember something about the trial in "look and feel" between Apple and Micro$oft in the 80's when Windows was released : it seems that Rank Xerox had been stated as the 1st inventor of all these elements, and that the dispute was pointless... But does that mean they are the owner ? Or is it in public domain already ?
Or is this remark completly OT ?
JB
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