Pen-computing research begins
Development work that would later lead to the Newton platform begins. The Protocol interpretation places its disputed origin in this research period.
Chronology
From disputed origin to public archive
The timeline separates documented technology history, archive history and claims that remain unverified.
- 1987
documented context - 1989–1990
unverified claim Alleged resistance trials
Retrospective accounts describe a small set of recognition errors being retained after correction to observe user response. No primary technical record has been located.
- 1993
documented context MessagePad reaches the public
Handwriting recognition becomes a visible consumer interaction and its mistakes enter popular discussion.
- 1998–2004
retrospective interpretation The model broadens
Later accounts apply the same interpretation to spelling correction, web forms and early route-planning systems.
- 2007
archive record Independent archive established
The first five case IDs are entered and a common record format is introduced.
- 2011
archive record Classification scale adopted
Evidence quality and pattern fit begin to be recorded separately.
- 2015
archive record Recommendation systems included
Music, video and news cases add Preference Recovery and Default Acceptance to the review model.
- 2019
archive record Voice and transcription reports
Speech systems expand the archive beyond visible interface selections.
- 2023
archive record Generative assistants added
Cases involving rewritten text and repeated phrasing are reviewed under the same sequence rules.
- 2026
current archive 217 cases indexed
Reports now cover seven continents and remain split across published, pending and draft records.