[jvm]

I'm fairly confident that many (most?) of the gui elements you listed were invented by Xerox and willfully copied by Apple. Certainly stacking resizable movable windows, pull-down menus, and manipulable desktop items.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox_Star

[tabbyjabby]

Please read this article[0] and educate yourself. The amount of misinformation surrounding the Apple-Xerox relationship is dizzying.

edit: this article[1] is a bit briefer, and provides much of the same information.

[0] http://obamapacman.com/2010/03/myth-copyright-theft-apple-st...

[1] http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&s...

[georgemcbay]

The grandparent to your post says "Apple did genuinely develop independently". Not "Apple did legally license from Xerox in exchange for stock". So the point still stands.

The amount of misinformation surrounding how much of the modern computing experience Apple independently invented is also dizzying.

[shawndumas]

Xerox Star User Interface (1982) -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn4vC80Pv6Q

[simonh]

Which doesn't have any of the features I listed. e.g. look at those windows - they can't be moved, resized or overlap.