Raskin, Jef

Raskin, Jef
▪ 2006

      American computer scientist (b. March 9, 1943, New York, N.Y.—d. Feb. 26, 2005, Pacifica, Calif.), revolutionized the personal computer industry by pioneering Apple Computer Inc.'s Macintosh, which featured a user-friendly graphics interface rather than the standard text-based commands that were common in the late 1970s. The “father of the Macintosh” led a team of developers in 1979, but he left Apple in 1982, two years before the Macintosh was marketed. The interface concepts developed by Raskin had a profound impact on the industry and were incorporated into other software programs, such as Microsoft Corp.'s Windows. Raskin was also credited with having introduced the word font to describe digital typefaces, and he was among the originators of the “click and drag” technique, which allowed the moving of icons around a computer screen by use of a mouse.

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