Douglas Engelbart's Pioneering Firsts:
  • the mouse
  • 2-dimensional display editing
  • in-file object addressing and linking
  • hypermedia
  • outline processing
  • flexible view control
  • multiple windows
  • cross-file editing
  • integrated hypermedia email
  • hypermedia publishing
  • document version control
  • shared-screen teleconferencing

  • computer-aided meetings
  • formatting directives
  • context-sensitive help
  • distributed client-server architecture
  • uniform command syntax
  • universal "user-interface" front end module
  • multi-tool education
  • grammer-driven command language interpreter
  • protocols for virtual terminals
  • remote procedure call protocols
  • compileable "Command Meta Language"


  • Multimedia Pioneers | Lynn Hershman | Brenda Laurel | Marc Canter