Xerox Star Interface Overview (1982 PARC Film)

ACM SIGCHI · Demo · 17 min · 2021 · YouTube title: Xerox Star User Interface: An overview

Why it's here

Cited as the primary historical demo of the Star UI whenever its influence on the Mac and Lisa or document-centric design is discussed.

What it covers

A 1982 Xerox PARC film, presented at CHI '90, in which Star designers David Canfield Smith and Charles Irby give an overview of the Xerox Star interface. It shows the document-centric, icon-and-window office system.