Editing Graphical user interface (section)

=== Popularization ===
[[File:Hewlett Packard 200LX.jpg|thumb|[[System Manager (HP LX)|HP LX System Manager]] running on a [[HP 200LX]]]]
GUIs were a hot topic in the early 1980s. The [[Apple Lisa]] was released in 1983, and various windowing systems existed for [[DOS]] operating systems (including [[Graphics Environment Manager|PC GEM]] and [[GEOS (16-bit operating system)|PC/GEOS]]). Individual applications for many platforms presented their own GUI variants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://toastytech.com/guis/magdesk.html|title=Magic Desk I for Commodore 64}}</ref> Despite the GUI's advantages, many reviewers questioned the value of the entire concept,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1984/12/25/science/value-of-windowing-is-questioned.html|title=Value of Windowing is Questioned|newspaper=The New York Times|date=1984-12-25|last1=Sandberg-Diment|first1=Erik}}</ref> citing hardware limits and problems in finding compatible software.

In 1984, Apple [[1984 (advertisement)|released a television commercial]] which introduced the Apple Macintosh during the telecast of [[Super Bowl XVIII]] by [[CBS]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.duke.edu/~tlove/mac.htm |title=Apple's 1984: The Introduction of the Macintosh in the Cultural History of Personal Computers |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991005015117/http://www.duke.edu/~tlove/mac.htm |archive-date=October 5, 1999 |first=Ted |last=Friedman |date=October 1997 |url-status=dead }}</ref> with [[allusion]]s to [[George Orwell]]'s noted novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''. The goal of the commercial was to make people think about computers, identifying the user-friendly interface as a personal computer which departed from prior business-oriented systems,<ref name=friedman>{{cite book |chapter-url=http://tedfriedman.com/electric-dreams/chapter-5-apples-1984/ |title=Electric Dreams: Computers in American Culture |chapter=Chapter 5: 1984 |access-date=October 6, 2011 |last=Friedman |first= Ted |year=2005 |publisher= [[New York University Press]]|isbn=978-0-8147-2740-9}}</ref> and becoming a signature representation of Apple products.<ref>{{cite web |title= Review of ''Pirates of Silicon Valley'' Movie |url=http://www.dotjournal.com/review-pirates-silicon-valley-movie |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107170215/http://www.dotjournal.com/review-pirates-silicon-valley-movie |archive-date= November 7, 2006 |date= October 29, 2006 |publisher= DotJournal.com |first= Patrick |last= Grote |access-date= January 24, 2014}}</ref>

In 1985, [[Commodore International|Commodore]] released the [[Amiga 1000]], along with [[Workbench (AmigaOS)#Workbench 1.x|Workbench]] and [[Kickstart (Amiga)#Versions|Kickstart 1.0]] (which contained [[Intuition (Amiga)|Intuition]]). This interface ran as a separate task, meaning it was very responsive and, unlike other GUIs of the time, it didn't freeze up when a program was busy. Additionally, it was the first GUI to introduce something resembling [[Virtual desktop#Amiga|Virtual Desktops]].

[[Windows 95]], accompanied by an extensive marketing campaign,<ref name="WinHype">{{cite news |last=Washington Post |title=With Windows 95's Debut, Microsoft Scales Heights of Hype |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/longterm/microsoft/stories/1995/debut082495.htm |access-date=November 8, 2013 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=August 24, 1995}}</ref> was a major success in the marketplace at launch and shortly became the most popular desktop operating system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/computers/|title=Computers {{!}} Timeline of Computer History {{!}} Computer History Museum|website=www.computerhistory.org|language=en|access-date=2017-04-02}}</ref>

In 2007, with the [[iPhone]]<ref>Mather, John. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070303032701/http://www.rrj.ca/online/658/ iMania], ''[[Ryerson Review of Journalism]]'', (February 19, 2007) Retrieved February 19, 2007</ref> and later in 2010 with the introduction of the [[iPad]],<ref>"the iPad could finally spark demand for the hitherto unsuccessful tablet PC" --Eaton, Nick [http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/199045.asp The iPad/tablet PC market defined?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201221303/http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/archives/199045.asp |date=2011-02-01 }}, ''Seattle Post-Intelligencer'', 2010</ref>  Apple popularized the post-WIMP style of interaction for [[multi-touch]] screens, and those devices were considered to be milestones in the development of [[mobile device]]s.<ref name='BallStillDoesnt2010'>Bright, Peter [https://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/07/ballmer-and-microsoft-still-doesnt-get-the-ipad.ars Ballmer (and Microsoft) still doesn't get the iPad], [[Ars Technica]], 2010</ref><ref name="infoworld">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/the-ipads-victory-in-defining-the-tablet-what-it-means-431|title=The iPad's victory in defining the tablet: What it means|magazine=[[InfoWorld]]|date=2011-07-05}}</ref>

The GUIs familiar to most people as of the mid-late 2010s are [[Microsoft Windows]], [[macOS]], and the [[X Window System]] interfaces for desktop and laptop computers, and [[Android (operating system)|Android]], Apple's [[iOS]], [[Symbian]], [[BlackBerry OS]], [[Windows Phone]]/[[Windows 10 Mobile]], [[Tizen]], [[WebOS]], and [[Firefox OS]] for handheld ([[smartphone]]) devices.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hanson|first=Cody W.|date=2011-03-17|title=Chapter 2: Mobile Devices in 2011|url=https://journals.ala.org/index.php/ltr/article/view/4477|journal=Library Technology Reports|volume=47|issue=2|pages=11–23|issn=0024-2586}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=What is a Graphical User Interface? Definition and FAQs {{!}} OmniSci|url=https://www.omnisci.com/technical-glossary/graphical-user-interface|access-date=2022-01-26|website=omnisci.com}}</ref>