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queserayesterday at 9:13 PM1 replyview on HN

They were original in the 1984 Macintosh OS (before it had a name), and published in the first edition (1987) of the Apple Human Interface Guidelines.

Just two of the things Microsoft copied successfully. :)


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zinekelleryesterday at 11:58 PM

Eh, they were definitely from Xerox (so it would be unclear since that both Windows and the Mac System Software derived some of their UI elements from Xerox experiments)

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