GUI Revolutions: From Flashing Bulbs To Windows 8 120
StormDriver writes "GUI has been with us for years and it went a long, long way since the early days. There were some fairly interesting developments along the way, so we took the time to line them up for you."
There were many. (Score:5, Insightful)
This article doesn't scratch the surface, and looks more like an advertisement for Windows 7 and 8.
http://web.archive.org/web/20100101033213/http://toastytech.com/guis/index.html [archive.org]
There's history for ya.
Wayback Machine mirror so as to not nuke the poor guy's site.
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