GUI, HCI & Interface History Videos Hacker News Recommends — Page 2

demo#3547

The Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh

macessentials

“The video of Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh in 1984 never fails to put a smile on my face.”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2021

demo#3596

Alternate Reality Kit by Randall Smith at Xerox PARC 1986 (VPRI-0131)

Yoshiki Ohshima (大島芳樹)

“here's a demo of something called "Alternate Reality Kit"[2] back in 1986. Brace yourselves.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

interview#3627

Ted Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer, 1979

TheTedNelson

“My favorite Ted Nelson interview”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

talk#3720

Ted Nelson's Eulogy for Douglas Engelbart

Computer History Museum

“Ted Nelson's emotional and moving eulogy for his friend Douglas Engelbart.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2025

demo#3746

Welcome to Project Soli

Google ATAP

“Google finally ships a research project in a real product”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2019

talk#3771

Are we stuck with the same Desktop UX forever? | Ubuntu Summit 25.10

Canonical Ubuntu

“It's time for open source projects to embrace experimentation and take the mantle of cutting edge UX”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

talk#3775

Steve Jobs Introduces the Macintosh

Computer History Museum

“The post-show is my favorite part[0]. It's just so personal. Almost feels like a meetup!”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

demo#3786

Alto System Project: Larry Tesler demonstration of Gypsy

Computer History Museum

“In 2017 Tesler recorded a demo with the Computer History Museum on their restored Alto”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

demo#3859

Live ClojureScript Game Editor

ibdknox

“These are couple of good examples”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2016

demo#3890

Apple's Future Computer: The Knowledge Navigator

Blake Patterson

“These are always fun to watch.”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2024

comedy#3909

"Silicon Valley Story" — a Very Short Romantic Comedy by Ted Nelson

TheTedNelson

“they make amusing cameos in the film by Ted Nelson”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

demo#3956

Xerox Star User Interface (1982) 1 of 2

VintageCG

“Seeing it in action gives you a much more complete picture of the system.”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2024

talk#4078

Macworld San Francisco 2000-The Mac OS X Introduction (Pt.1)

JoshuaG

“In case you wanna procrastinate on a fascinating story about how Apple transitioned to NextStep's stack”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2026

demo#4134

Yesterday's Computer of Tomorrow: The Xerox Alto │Smalltalk-76 Demo

Computer History Museum

“Dan Ingalls (one of the original authors of Smalltalk) in a 2017 demo of Smalltalk 76”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

interview#4173

Bill Atkinson: Polaroids showing the Evolution of the Lisa GUI

Computer History Museum

1 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

talk#4220

MIX08 Microsoft Office 2007: The Story of the Ribbon (1 of 10)

creativecrewchannel

“he certainly made a good case for how the older interface had accumulated way too much cruft”

1 HN recommenders · 2011–2020

interview#4255

Douglas Engelbart Interviewed by John Markoff of the New York Times

Computer History Museum

“Just yesterday I watched an hour-long interview [0] from 2002 with Doug Engelbart.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2018

talk#4307

The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology | Pranav Mistry

TED

“This looks like an attempt to commercialise the ideas in”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2023

demo#4364

Longhorn concept

Arkmage2

“Longhorn concept was awesome.”

1 HN recommenders · 2009–2019

interview#4372

Bill Atkinson: Hypercard

TWiT Tech Podcast Network

“His interview with Leo Laporte from 2013 is a great listen.”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

commentary#4384

Computers for Cynics 2 - It All Went Wrong at Xerox PARC

TheTedNelson

“Nelson's history is a breath of fresh air.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2023

demo#4521

Canon Cat

Storia Informatica

“a great demonstration of what it would be like to use one now”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

talk#4624

VCF East: Xerox Star vs. Apple Lisa

Vintage Computer Federation

“this video comparing the Apple Lisa to the Xerox Star highlights the differences”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

demo#4656

NeXTSTEP Release 3: A Demonstration with Steve Jobs

Joseph Spiros

“Here's Steve Jobs demoing NeXTSTEP's object-oriented development environment”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

talk#4757

Inventing the Computer Mouse | Douglas Engelbart | Talks at Google

Talks at Google

“Inspirational ideas (unfortunately displayed with slides instead of Hyperdoc demos) and perplexed reactions in the ending Q&A session.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2018