Susan Kare demonstrating the Macintosh Interface in 1984

Watch now: History of The Graphical User Interface (GUI): A Wonderful Curse In this clip from the Computer Chronicles, the legendary Susan Kare ( a graphic designer best known for her interface elements and typeface contributions to the first Apple Macintosh from 1983 to 1986) demonstrates the power behind the newly introduced icons and their power as a metaphore in the user interface design for the famous 1984 Macintosh. Guide 00:00 The power of icons to make people learn computers easily 00:47 Demo of how dynamic icons are used to interact with the system 01:48 Desktop 02:22 Mac OS top menu and the window 03:07 The Control Panel (system preferences now) 04:15 Note Pad 05:07 Scrapbook 05:37 MacWrite