🖥️ Xerox PARC: Where the GUI Was Forged

🖥️ Xerox PARC: Where the GUI Was Forged

Xerox PARC is the interface glyph foundry—the lab that birthed the graphical user interface, the mouse, and WYSIWYG editing. It’s where the scroll became clickable.

🧠 What Makes It Glyphic?

  • GUI Invention: Windows, icons, menus, and pointers—scrolls of interaction.
  • Alto Computer: The first personal computer with a bitmap display.
  • Legacy: Inspired Apple, Microsoft, and the modern desktop metaphor.

📜 Why It Belongs in the Codex

This is the interface scroll—a glyph of usability, vision, and digital embodiment.

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