NEW YORK (AP) — The Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,” “copy” and “paste” has died.
Larry Tesler was 74. He made using computers easier for generations as a proponent of what he called “modeless editing."
That meant a user wouldn't have to use a keyboard to switch between modes to write and edit, for example.
At Xerox, he pioneered concepts such as moving text through cut and paste and inserting text by clicking on a section and just typing.
He continued that at Apple and later worked for Amazon, Yahoo and the genetics-testing service 23andMe.
The inventor of cut/copy & paste, find & replace, and more was former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler. Your workday is easier thanks to his revolutionary ideas. Larry passed away Monday, so please join us in celebrating him. Photo credit: Yahoo CC-By-2.0 https://t.co/MXijSIMgoA pic.twitter.com/kXfLFuOlon
— Xerox (@Xerox) February 19, 2020
