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Apple Knowledge Navigator Video (1987)
Mac History · 0 HN recommenders · 0 recommendation months
Recommended by 0 Hacker News commenters across 0 months (2016–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 51 other demo videos tagged GUI, HCI & interface history, the mean is 1.6 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 0 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 0 distinct months; the peer average is 1.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
0% of its 10 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 5 minutes 46 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2012-03-04.
- Channel / speaker
- Mac History
- Verified runtime
- 5m 46s
- YouTube upload date
- 2012-03-04
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2026
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in GUI, HCI & interface history. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Knowledge Navigator Video (1987)Current video | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | 5m 46s | 2012-03-04 |
| The Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)demo · Marcel | 8 | 8 | 40% | No recorded overlap | 100m 53s | 2012-07-09 |
| Alan Kay's tribute to Ted Nelson at "Intertwingled" Festivaldemo · TheTedNelson | 7 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 17m 33s | 2014-11-01 |
| Ivan Sutherland Sketchpad Demo 1963demo · Interface Studies | 5 | 5 | 38% | No recorded overlap | 19m 20s | 2012-05-30 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ask HN: Will AI assistants become photorealistic video?”. Its short rationale: Apple's envisioned AI assistant from 1987.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Apple's Siri revamp reportedly delayed again”. Its short rationale: 1987 Sculley-era Apple vision of the PDA.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “MinC Is Not Cygwin”. Its short rationale: Example of an ambitious computing vision not yet realized.