- Steve Capps
Steve Capps is a
computer programmer andengineer who is best known for his work on theApple Inc. Macintosh computer andNewton OS during the 1980s and 1990s. He started working at theXerox Corporation while still acomputer science student at theRochester Institute of Technology . In 1981, Capps started working for Apple on the Lisa project and he continued his work on the Macintosh, principally writing the Finder and Macintosh system utilities.During a break in 1986, he wrote three music programs including Jam Session,
SoundEdit , and Super Studio Session; SoundEdit was eventually sold toMacromedia . From 1987 to 1996, he was thechief architect and Apple Fellow for the Newton, where he led the specification and development of the user interface of Newton, shepherded the team of software developers, and wrote many portions of the built-in application software. From 1996 until 2001, he was a user interface architect atMicrosoft . His early work at Microsoft resulted in theInternet Explorer Search, History, and Favorites panes. He was also a co-founder of theMSN Explorer project.ee also
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Andy Hertzfeld
*Steve Jobs External links
* [http://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?project=Macintosh&story=Steve_Capps_Day.txt Steve Capps Day at Apple]
* [http://www.msu.edu/~luckie/hallofame.htm Steve Capps at the 'Newton Hall of Fame']
* [http://www.onedoto.com/ Steve Capps' user interface design company]
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