Long ago, when Microsoft made its first graphical user interface (GUI) to replace DOS, one place they looked toward for inspiration was Apple’s GUI. Many of Apple’s design choices were mimicked, and then reversed in an attempt to avoid copyright infringement lawsuits. (It didn’t work; Apple unsuccessfully sued Microsoft for infringement in 1988.)
As an example of these same-but-different design decisions, Apple put drive icons on the right by default, while Microsoft put them on the left in Windows. And the Mac’s mouse cursor was black with a white outline, while the Windows cursor was pixel-for-pixel identical, but different in that it was white with a black outline.
As an example of these same-but-different design decisions, Apple put drive icons on the right by default, while Microsoft put them on the left in Windows. And the Mac’s mouse cursor was black with a white outline, while the Windows cursor was pixel-for-pixel identical, but different in that it was white with a black outline.
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