They didn't have icons, they had a blank screen with a flashing cursor. There was no such thing as a Windows type interface. You would type in commands to tell the computer what to do.
Document Icons
ICONs are components in Graphical Interfaces that point as shortcut to open Data, run Applications & utilize Devices attached.
(GUI pronounced gooey)
Susan Kare. Ref: http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/features/design_icon_the_mac_icons
This would be usually referred to as a graphical user interface
The original Macintosh icons were created by Susan Kare. She went on to design icons for Windows 3 and recently for FaceBook.
The original Macintosh icons were created by Susan Kare. She went on to design icons for Windows 3 and recently for FaceBook.
There are many different cat icons. Some different cat icons include: nyan cat icons, chinese cat icons, cartoon cat icons, black cat icons and realistic cat icons.
Desktop icons are created just by using the operating system itself or with the help of parallels. Parallels creates desktop icons for windows operating system on computers that don't normally run windows including macs. Other softwares include crossover and image-editing softwares.
You confuse Leo III (the Byzantine Emperor), who banned icons, with Pope Leo the Great (or the first), who defended them!
If you are running Windows Vista,7,8 then : Right click anywhere in your desktop, mouse over the "View" option located at the very first of the menu and from here you can select your icons to become smaller ("Small Icons" option).
Restart windows with command prompt and follow the instruction in the following video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPYFZ1trsZkHope this helps.