Darin Adler was the technical lead for
Apple Computer
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, United States. Apple is the largest technology company by revenue (totaling in 2021) and, as of June 2022, is the world's biggest company ...
's
System 7
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operating system release.
During 1985–1987 he worked for
ICOM Simulations
ICOM Simulations, Inc. (later known as Rabid Entertainment) was a software company based in Wheeling, Illinois. It is best known for creating the MacVenture series of adventure games including ''Shadowgate''.
Following the foundation in 1981 a ...
as primary developer of the
MacVenture game engine which ran
Déjà Vu: A Nightmare Comes True,
Uninvited, and
Shadowgate
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. Adler went on to work at
General Magic
General Magic was an American software and electronics company co-founded by Bill Atkinson, Andy Hertzfeld, and Marc Porat. Based in Mountain View, California, the company developed precursors to " USB, software modems, small touchscreens, touchs ...
and
Eazel
Eazel was an American software company operating from 1999 to 2001 in Palo Alto and then Mountain View, California. The company's flagship product is the Nautilus file manager for the GNOME desktop environment on Linux, which was immediately ...
.
, he is the engineering manager of the
Safari
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Web browser
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team at Apple, which also develops the
WebKit
WebKit is a browser engine developed by Apple and primarily used in its Safari web browser, as well as on the iOS and iPadOS version of any web browser. WebKit is also used by the BlackBerry Browser, PlayStation consoles beginning from the ...
framework. Adler was part of the original team that shipped the beta releases and 1.0 release of Safari, as well as Safari 3.0 beta for
Microsoft Windows.
Adler is a frequent speaker at Apple's
Worldwide Developers Conference
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and Stump the Experts panelist.
See also
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Andy Hertzfeld
Andrew Jay Hertzfeld (born April 6, 1953) is an American software engineer and innovator who was a member of the original Apple Macintosh development team during the 1980s. After buying an Apple II in January 1978, he went to work for Appl ...
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Blue Meanies (Apple Computer)
The Blue Meanies of Apple Computer was an engineering group primarily responsible for the architecture of System 7 during the early and mid 1990s.
The name, a reference to the evil characters of Pepperland in the movie '' Yellow Submarine'', origi ...
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Dave Hyatt
David Hyatt (born 28 June 1972) is an American software engineer and a '' Shadowrun'' game expansion author. Employed by Apple starting in 2002, he was part of the Safari web browser and WebKit framework development team. He also helped de ...
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GNOME
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Maciej Stachowiak
Maciej Stachowiak (; born June 6, 1976) is a Polish American software developer currently employed by Apple Inc., where he is a leader of the development team responsible for the WebKit Framework. A longtime proponent of open source software, St ...
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MacVenture
References
External links
Bent Spoon Software- Darin Adler's consulting company
Diane Patterson's Blog: "Nobody Knows Anything"
American computer programmers
Apple Inc. employees
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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