Bill Atkinson Passes Away At 74

New Delhi: Tech giant Apple CEO Tim Cook on Sunday paid tributes to Bill Atkinson -- the creator of Macintosh QuickDraw and HyperCard in the team of late Apple Co-founder Steve Jobs -- who has passed away at age 74.

Atkinson was a pioneering Apple engineer, joining in 1978 and leaving in 1990. Atkinson was one of the 30 team members to develop the first Macintosh, but also was principle designer of the Lisa’s graphical user interface (GUI), a novelty in computers at the time.

He created QuickDraw, enabling the Macintosh’s graphical user interface, and invented the menu bar, double-click, and selection lasso. He also developed MacPaint and HyperCard, making computers user-friendly.