Following liquid glass and MacOS 26 Tahoe, but now it is involved in this interactive date

I never thought that I would return to the history of the Macintosh Control Committee, but an article on the development of the design has led to the guidance of the student who taught a lot in the history of Apple. I did not expect to find myself for hours in the way it is presented.

PreferenceBy designer and author Marmin Whiterry, explores the early date of the control panel from the original Macintosh in 1984 through the first IMAC G4 flat screen in 2003. From the design perspective, it is a rich view of information on how this vital element, which is now called settings in modernity MacIt has evolved over the years because computing has become more complicated. It is especially fun to see how yesterday’s facades compare what will happen Mcus 26 Tahoe And the facade of the liquid glass.

But the most impressive thing for me is that each section includes Macintosh emulator, whistling and everything – there is even a following computer, which laid the foundation for Macos today. (I recommend watching the article in the largest window that your computer can display.) While exploring the elements mentioned in the text, such as opening the control panel from the original Apple menu, it was distinguished with the selection box, and converting the interface exploration into the hunt of Zuba.

(If the name Wicherly looks familiar, he is the person who wrote a huge multi -size tome about the name writing machines The shift occurs It ended until the most successful Kickstarter campaign for a technology book.)

There is also Easter eggs spread all the time, and encourage exploration. Play missile game. Find out how to download excellent background styles (and note that the page wallpaper changes to match). Call the legendary flight scripts! Find the next computer.

If you don’t want to search for everything, click the “Details” button on a board near the emulator to see the procedures that have been called. This is also where you can restart the computer (the emulator), or save a screenshot of what is on the computer screen or, if you prefer to see the examples without interacting with the emulator, turn on a movie for the interface instead. Since the simulations of modern models require more memory to run, they almost do not respond – they download the entire system in your browser. There is also an option to open the emulator on Mac InfiniteThe site that hosts the simulations.

Just play with old system versions can keep you busy for hours, but there are also many historical footnotes full of views throughout the text, like Jeff Raskin Memorandum 1979 He explains what was to become the Macintosh project, and the Andy Herzfeld story on how to scream jobs.Shut up!“During the first Macintosh show with Bill Gates and other Microsoft people to prevent him from detecting important technical information.

If all you knew at all is imac, iPhone and iPod, the Wichary article is a great opportunity to know what your parents use (and perhaps grandparents) when there is a computer of his own was a revolutionary idea that was just getting.

And if you are present in those early days of personal computing, prepare to write down a pleasant rabbit hole from the history of apples and nostalgia to the past. Go ahead, choose special> closed in 1986 Macintosh Plus and hear that iconic yellow.