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http://www.purebasic.fr/english/viewtopic.php?t=27278

Trond wrote: Atari had double click before Microsoft had a mouse.

Hmmm... Actually Xerox had them both beat, but pointy headed executives could not see why anyone would want to use windows or a mouse to control a computer...

Rook Zimbabwe wrote:Hmmm... Actually Xerox had them both beat, but pointy headed executives could not see why anyone would want to use windows or a mouse to control a computer...

Sure about that? That Xerox had "double-click"? We used a graphic interface at school, that was based on Xerox interface. I remember that it had three mouse buttons, but I don't remember double click... It was called "Medley" or something like that.
[EDIT]
Checked my old books... Yes, the Graphical Programming Environment we where using at University was Common Lisp / Medley developed by Xerox. This was almost before X11 became popular, what I remember.

Ergonomic...

And the first cordless mouse

Trond wrote:

Well, it was just connected to a repeater, you know, back in the old days, signals didn't travel that far

lol. Great thread.

Dare wrote:lol. Great thread.

Thanks to Trond, he's genius is in class with Fred... and I mean that!!
(why are my "Trond" folders increasing?)

GeoTrail wrote:Well, it was just connected to a repeater, you know, back in the old days, signals didn't travel that far

Yes, he is a genius. And a witty one.

Dare wrote:Yes, he is a genius. And a witty one.

Agree, and I must say, a generous one... Trond always supply a "snippet" when "our" Forum users are in distress...