A Brief History of the Status Bar
A history about the status bar interface ...
The status bar. A ubiquitous piece of the modern user interface, hardly anyone seems to pay it mind. That attitude often extends to interaction designers as well.
The status bar, if you are new to the world of computers, is the (usually) gray strip commonly found at the bottom of application windows. First introduced as a standard OS control as part of the Windows 95 common control library, the status bar has its roots in character mode programs, in which the bottom row of text was reserved space to show information about the program, document, or selection. Commonly, the status bar in character mode programs would tell you which keys to press to perform certain actions. For example, here's a rather advanced version of the MS-DOS Shell application complete with menus and its own status bar." continued ... (Via Jensen Harris)
The status bar. A ubiquitous piece of the modern user interface, hardly anyone seems to pay it mind. That attitude often extends to interaction designers as well.
The status bar, if you are new to the world of computers, is the (usually) gray strip commonly found at the bottom of application windows. First introduced as a standard OS control as part of the Windows 95 common control library, the status bar has its roots in character mode programs, in which the bottom row of text was reserved space to show information about the program, document, or selection. Commonly, the status bar in character mode programs would tell you which keys to press to perform certain actions. For example, here's a rather advanced version of the MS-DOS Shell application complete with menus and its own status bar." continued ... (Via Jensen Harris)
DOS Status Bar.
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