NeXTSTEP
An operating system developed by NeXT whose Dock was located on the right side of the screen and mainly held icons of frequently used applications while supporting drag-and-drop operations. It was an important inspiration for the macOS Dock.
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The Dock was inspired in part by the NeXTSTEP Dock and the Windows taskbar.
NeXTSTEP is an operating system developed by NeXT, the company founded by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after he left Apple in 1985.
AppKit is Apple's native UI framework for macOS, with a history traceable back to the NeXTSTEP era.
NeXTSTEP was based on Carnegie Mellon University's Mach microkernel architecture and ultimately evolved into Mac OS X, whose XNU kernel combines the Mach microkernel with the FreeBSD kernel.
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The Dock was inspired in part by the NeXTSTEP Dock and the Windows taskbar.
50%UnverifiedNeXTSTEP is an operating system developed by NeXT, the company founded by Apple co-founder Steve Jobs after he left Apple in 1985.
50%UnverifiedAppKit is Apple's native UI framework for macOS, with a history traceable back to the NeXTSTEP era.
50%UnverifiedNeXTSTEP was based on Carnegie Mellon University's Mach microkernel architecture and ultimately evolved into Mac OS X, whose XNU kernel combines the Mach microkernel with the FreeBSD kernel.
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