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| 03 Sep 2026, 6:45 PM | The Register | 2.0 | Which came first, Windows 95's taskbar or NeXT's Dock? Neither
Former Microsoft executive Joe Belfiore publicly disputed claims that NeXT's Dock inspired the Windows 95 taskbar, attributing it instead to the Cairo team's bottom-screen 'tray' design. The counterclaim originates from Paul Fellows, who led Acorn's Arthur OS project in 1987, and says Acorn invented the icon bar across the bottom of the screen to deliberately avoid Apple's top-menu-bar design. Why: This is computing history trivia with no actionable takeaway for builders; it's useful only as a fun conversation starter about how UI conventions get borrowed and reattributed across platforms. |