William English was a computer engineer who built the first computer mouse.English worked alongside Douglas Engelbart (1925 – 2013), the inventor of the computer mouse, to bring Engelbart’s visionary ideas to life.
It was English’s design and construction that made Engelbart’s concept into a reality, one that allowed computer users to control their machines without keyboards or punch cards for the first time.
English’s first mouse looked unwieldy compared to today’s devices, built in a pinewood case and moving on two wheels, but it would revolutionize computing.
Engelbart and English unveiled their creation in 1968 at a San Francisco computer event later dubbed “The Mother of All Demos.” In later years, English joined the Xerox’s Palo Alto.
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