The technique was first widely used by the MacPaint program developed by Bill Atkinson.
With the selection problem in mind, Bill Atkinson went to his favorite pub in Los Gatos.
It was initially written by Bill Atkinson and Andy Hertzfeld.
Invented by Bill Atkinson, Regions were patented as a separate invention by Apple.
Bill Atkinson, who wrote Hypercard, describes it as a "software erector set" that allows even nonprogrammers to write their own programs.
Macintosh owners have an interesting alternative, Hypercard, created by Bill Atkinson and released in 1987.
MacPaint was written by Bill Atkinson, a member of Apple's original Macintosh development team.
Bill Atkinson (born 1951) is an American computer engineer and photographer.
Venice (script) was a calligraphic font designed by Bill Atkinson.
HyperCard was created by Bill Atkinson.