In computing, the desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users interact...

the floor) Desktop may refer to various computer terms: Desktop computer, a personal computer designed to fit on a desk Desktop metaphor, a style of...

In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating...

synecdoche, and metaphor. An example of metaphorical representation characterizes all the major desktop-based computer systems including the desktop that uses...

desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, which was originally based on GNOME 3, but follows traditional desktop metaphor conventions...

evdev to its clients. Wayland is used to a certain degree in some Linux desktop distributions, such as Fedora. It is also well suited for mobile computing...

independent, free and open-source desktop environment for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems that targets the desktop metaphor. Budgie is developed by...

similar to physical entities but also have their own properties (e.g., desktop metaphor and web portals). They can be based on an activity, an object (skeuomorph)...

different style of organization, although it strays from the traditional desktop metaphor. The first Xerox Star system (released in 1981) tiled application windows...

as dustbin, wastebasket, and others, is a graphical user interface desktop metaphor for temporary storage for files set aside by the user for deletion...

interfaces (GUI) for computers, having invented such techniques as the desktop metaphor, dialog boxes, and universal commands. Smith was born in Roanoke, Virginia...

open-source software. Ubuntu is officially released in multiple editions: Desktop, Server, and Core for Internet of things devices and robots. The operating...

user interfaces which address the information overload problem of the desktop metaphor by making tasks, not files, the primary unit of interaction. Text-based...

create a desktop environment with a traditional design metaphor entirely from scratch due to the negative reception of GNOME 3: The MATE desktop environment...

menu bar across the top of the screen; the Finder shell, featuring a desktop metaphor that represents files and applications using icons and relates concepts...

and applications on the local client into a desktop environment using the desktop metaphor. Web desktops provide an environment similar to that of Windows...

modeled through a desktop metaphor to produce a simulation called a desktop environment in which the display represents a desktop, on which documents...

or Ratpoison). Some interfaces such as Sugar or ChromeOS eschew the desktop metaphor altogether, simplifying their interfaces for specialized applications...

in terms of use, but the same organizational metaphors and interaction idioms are still in use. Desktop computers are often controlled by computer mice...

engineer whose specialty is design Desktop environment, a graphical user interface commonly based on a desktop metaphor Dextrose equivalent, the relative...

important elements of personal computing, such as the desktop metaphor GUI, the computer mouse and desktop computing. The concepts were adopted by Apple Inc...

look and feel, but as a single windowing workspace representing a desktop metaphor that could manage and outline "Frames" sharing a common underlying...

protection for the idea of a graphical user interface, or the idea of a desktop metaphor [under copyright law]...". In the midst of the Apple v. Microsoft lawsuit...

tabs inserted in paper files or card indexes (in keeping with the desktop metaphor). They are usually graphically displayed on webpages or apps as they...

Shneiderman in 1982 within the context of office applications and the desktop metaphor. Individuals in academia and computer scientists doing research on...

was designed for an operating system based on a GUI, later using the desktop metaphor. The first machines were introduced on March 1, 1973, and in limited...

humanized way to organize the computer screen, which became known as the desktop metaphor. Steve Jobs visited PARC in 1979 and was absorbed and excited by the...

The Finder uses a view of the file system that is rendered using a desktop metaphor; that is, the files and folders are represented as appropriate icons...

LXDE (abbreviation for Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) was a free desktop environment with comparatively low resource requirements. This makes it...

systems and launch applications. It uses a workbench metaphor (in place of the more common desktop metaphor) for representing file system organisation. "Workbench"...