Indeed both the "..." and "disabling over removing" were in the windows 95 UI manual
replyThey were original in the 1984 Macintosh OS (before it had a name), and published in the first edition (1987) of the Apple Human Interface Guidelines.
replyJust two of the things Microsoft copied successfully. :)
Eh, they were definitely from Xerox (so it would be unclear since that both Windows and the Mac System Software derived some of their UI elements from Xerox experiments)
replyAlso macOS in its various guises, for decades.
replyI have a lot of questions about the person who wrote that blog post, in that it seems to be a quick hot take without any digging into the reasons why things are the way are
replyBlog first, ask questions later? It's like c'mon man, have at least a little bit of curiosity...
No idea about author's exact age but I would bet he was born around Y2K (according to his CV) and, well, it's IMO a testament that usability is based on habits, culture and conventions, and it's not a universal truth.
replyIntuitive equals familar — Jef Raskin https://doi.org/10.1145/182987.584629
reply"The only intuitive user interface is the nipple."
reply(usually attributed to Bruce Tognazzini)