Norton Desktop
Norton Desktop is a file management and utility solution from Symantec that was launched in 1991. All part programs are brought together in a seamless graphic surface. The utilities included the well-known Norton Backup program and Norton Disk Doctor , a collection of system information and file recovery utilities from the Norton Utilities . Norton Desktop was initially published for Microsoft Windows 3.x , a year later Norton Desktop for DOS appeared , a user interface for DOS that did not require Windows to be installed.
Components
- File viewer for different formats
- improved drag'n'drop
- Norton Editor , a hex editor
- Data backup program Norton Backup
- Data recovery : SmartErase , Norton Disk Doctor , Emergency Disk
- Search program SuperFind
- Icon editor with symbol library, text editor , system information
Versions
- 1991: Norton Desktop for Windows 1.0
- 1992: Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0
- 1992: Norton Desktop for Windows 2.2
- 1992: Norton Desktop for DOS 1.0
- 1993: Norton Desktop for Windows 3.0
Easter eggs
- Developer photo and quotes. Click over the Help menu, click the mouse button three times and hold down the N, D, and W keys at the same time.
literature
- Udo Schmidt: Norton Desktop - The Compendium; Markt & Technik, ISBN 3877912419
- Marcus Friedberg: Norton Desktop for DOS; Te-wi 1992, ISBN 3893622446
- Hans Geiselbrechtinger: Norton Desktop for Windows 2.0., Dtv, 1996
Web links
- Screenshots of Norton Desktop 1.0 for Toastytech
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.computermuseum-muenchen.de/dictionary/history/software_timeline.html
- ↑ http://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia_term/0,2542,t=Norton+Desktop+for+Windows&i=48080,00.asp
- ↑ a b http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1563/is_n3_v11/ai_13669275/
- ↑ http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=113349.113350&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=101030979&CFTOKEN=62053587
- ↑ http://www.eeggs.com/tree/441.html