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Monday, April 14, 2003

OS X Column view debuted in Lisa, not NeXTStep
At the awesome Pictorial History of the Apple Desktop Interface, we learn that the Column view in OS X didn't originate in NextStep, as we thought, but was instead first proposed as a UI element in Lisa, the GUI PC that preceded the Mac. Yeah, 20 years ago. Specifically, check out the image next to "December 1980 Prototype," which depicts "browser-like display with individually resizable panes." Sweet. And proof that Jobs' penchant for uncredited idea theft was alive and kicking in the early days.

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