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Topic: desktop metaphor for user interfaces
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direct manipulation for a UserInterface
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icons for a user interface
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software models of reality
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mental models, consistency, and interface metaphors
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multiple activities in a user interface
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novice users and the UserInterface
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problem of screen size
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problems with using icons
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spatial metaphor in user interfaces
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windows for a UserInterface
Subtopic: desktop metaphor
Quote: a person's desk is organized spatially; mental image of the desk's layout and motor memory of where things are [»boltRA_1979] Quote: spatially indexed data uses our everyday experience of retrieving items spatially, e.g., from the desktop [»boltRA7_1980]
Subtopic: desktop as reminder
Quote: in Lisa, the display is a desktop and icons are objects; every peripheral is either an icon or a window [»willG2_1983] Quote: Apple Desktop Interface assumes that people are curious, strive for mastery, enjoy communicating, with imagination and artistry [»apple_1987] Quote: Star's user interface resembles a desktop [»smitDC4_1982] Quote: Apple Desktop Interface paradigms--select object then select action via a menu, or drag an object to another object representing an action [»apple_1987] Quote: in Star, editing is a common paradigm; used for managing files, working environment (desktop), and properties [»smitDC4_1982] Quote: Star's desktop is an array of 154 squares; icons are centered in squares [»smitDC4_1982] Quote: overlapping windows in a restricted space creates an 'electronic messy desk' [»hendDA7_1986]
Subtopic: icons
Quote: desktop metaphor reminds you of common procedures and available operations; novices learn in less than 30 minutes [»willG2_1983] Quote: a desk both reminds a user of what to do and helps him find current information; automated systems should do the same [»maloTW6_1982] Quote: the same file in different locations can enable different activities, e.g., on a desk and in a file drawer [»holtAW8_1977c] Quote: systems can provided untitled 'piles' of files located by physical location
Subtopic: hypertext desktop
Quote: icons are good for command buttons and for maintaining the desktop metaphor [»byrnMD10_1991]
Subtopic: multiple desktops
Quote: a Memex is a desk with screens on top, a keyboard, and vast storage capacity [»bushV7_1945]
Subtopic: desktop not useful
Quote: besides multiple windows, Smalltalk defines desk tops which can be swapped via project windows [»teslL8_1981]
Quote: Mac-literal students fail to use 'desktop' anywhere in their descriptions of the Finder [»laurB_1991] Quote: the desktop metaphor is inaccurate because a desktop provides random access to scores of pages; really an airplane-seat
[»brooFP_1986]
Topic: direct manipulation for a UserInterface (56 items)
Topic: icons for a user interface (23 items)
Topic: software models of reality (24 items)
Topic: mental models, consistency, and interface metaphors (49 items)
Topic: multiple activities in a user interface (17 items)
Topic: novice users and the UserInterface (25 items)
Topic: problem of screen size (12 items)
Topic: problems with using icons (11 items)
Topic: spatial metaphor in user interfaces (33 items)
Topic: windows for a UserInterface
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