

Samsung Galaxy S II  (Source: Samsung)
You can run, but you can't hide from Microsoft's wrath










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RE: really
By ussfletcher on 9/28/2011 8:08:39 PM , Rating: 0
I think what people seem to neglect is that Microsoft is almost wholly responsible for gui elements that everyone takes for granted today.

RE: really
By lolmuly on 9/28/2011 10:00:40 PM , Rating: 3
care to elaborate? because i was under the impression that microsoft borrowed it from apple who borrowed it from xerox. Beyond icons, buttons, windows, menus, and cursors, what else is there?

Maybe transitions? But I'm pretty sure those can all be attributed to the film industry long before operating systems started using them.

Am I overlooking something obvious here? And if it's so obvious that I would overlook it, why should it have a patent?

RE: really
By nocturne_81 on 9/29/2011 6:51:20 AM , Rating: 2
Though it may have seemed revolutionary at the time.. The GUI's that we all enjoy are almost entirely the product of common sense alone..

If you can think of a better way to create an interface that doesn't use re-sizable/movable windows along with a 'bar' on some edge with a button to close it.. patent it now! Quick! DO IT BEFORE MS DOES!

