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Apple QuickTime movie  |  1994-09-21  |  14.7 MB  |  220x220  |  15fps  |  2 minutes, 21 seconds  |  [MooV/TVOD]
Transcription: Let's examine the design of this computer screen. In the early days of computers, when you turn it on, there wasn't anything there. There was no way of knowing what it is you could do. You had to have it memorized. You had to have all the knowledge in your head. Today we've changed that. We've put a lot of knowledge on the screen to help you. You don't have to remember as much. You can just look. So we have menu bars above us. We have icons on the screen. We have a tray of All of these are visual aids. Putting knowledge there lets you easily recollect what you must do. Now, it doesn't have to ...