Douglas Engelbart's first computer mouse, in the 1960s, was a small wooden shell with two wheels.

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The idea in context

Engelbart’s wooden mouse was part of a much larger vision for interactive computing: windows, links, shared editing and live collaboration. The 1968 demonstration looked strange then because it was quietly showing the future office.

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Douglas Engelbart'ın 1960'lardaki ilk bilgisayar faresi, iki tekerlekli küçük bir ahşap kabuktu.

Engelbart’ın ahşap faresi, etkileşimli bilgisayar fikrinin çok daha büyük bir parçasıydı: pencereler, bağlantılar, ortak düzenleme ve canlı iş birliği. 1968 gösterisi o gün tuhaf görünüyordu; çünkü geleceğin ofisini sessizce gösteriyordu.

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Engelbart, SRI, 1960s.

Background reading: Computer mouseAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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