A Personal History of User Interface Design at

A Personal History of User Interface Design at Microsoft Tandy Trower CEO, Hoaloha Robotics

It all started in 1981

Or you could say here…

Or here…

Or even here

1980

I started with a few products…

And these…

And these

Then this man changed my life

“Why are you letting this guy steal our market? !”

Microsoft Interface Manager (1983)

Xerox Star

Xerox Cedar and Scott Mc. Gregor

Windows pre-1. 0 (1984)

System Requirements • • • IBM PC (or compatible) running MS-DOS 256 K of RAM Dual floppy drives CGA graphics adapter (320 x 200, 16 color) Mouse (optional) “You WILL ship this by summer 1985!”

Windows 1. 0 Premiere Edition (1985)

IBM Top. View and Microsoft

IBM OS/2 Presentation Manager and the IBM-Microsoft JDA

IBM Common User Access

Windows 2. 0 (1987)

Visual Basic 1. 0 (1987)

Windows 286 and Windows 386 (1988) • Windows/286 – 286 protected mode, exceed 640 K memory limit • Windows/386 – Multiple DOS sessions

Window 3. 0 (1990) • New “Program Manager” • color support • HP printer driver

Microsoft User Interface Design Group (1988 – 1994) • • • Internal design support Usability testing UI Guidelines IBM UI liaison (ended 1989) Advanced UI design

Windows NT (Cairo - Allchin) and Windows 95 (Chicago - Silverberg) • • Start menu Task manager Internet Explorer Accessibility Options

Microsoft Bob (1995)

Microsoft Office Assistant (1997)

Microsoft Office Assistant 2. 0 and Microsoft Agent (1999)

Windows Media Center (2002)

Bill. G Staff (2003 – 2005)

Windows 6 Vista (2006) Windows 7 (2009)

Microsoft Office 2007

Microsoft Robotics Studio (2006)

Hoaloha Robotics (2009 - Present) • “Hoaloha” – Hawaiian for “good friend” • Create autonomously mobile, socially interactive companions to empower seniors and disabled persons

Windows 8 (2012) Windows 10 (2015)

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