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ACM references m-z
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references m-o
Topic:
current position in a user interface; cursor
Topic:
multi-processing for a user interface
Topic:
tiled vs. overlapping windows
Topic:
keystroke shortcuts as a UserInterface
Topic:
windows for a UserInterface
Topic:
using icons to represent windows
Topic:
software tools
Topic:
multiple views for a user interface

Reference

Malcolm, M., Dyment, D., "Experience designing the Waterloo Port user interface", Proceedings of the 1983 ACM SIGSMALL Symposium on Personal and Small Computers, San Diego, California USA, December 1983, pp. 168-175. Google

Other Reference

report, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 1983.

Quotations
1 ;;Quote: in Waterloo Port, a window corresponds to an activity; move the cursor to change activities
1+;;Quote: in Waterloo Port, a window is either completely visible or not visible at all
2 ;;Quote: in Waterloo Port, each window has a title line and a button line for controlling the activity
2 ;;Quote: the top screen line in Waterloo Port lists all visible and invisible windows
2 ;;Quote: abandoned overlapped windows in Waterloo Port because character-based display, less efficient, cluttered screen, and wasted space
2 ;;Quote: tiling abandoned in Waterloo Port because difficult to specify size and position of windows
5 ;;Quote: Waterloo Port uses viewers; a filter that copies stdin to stdout and displays some property or aspect of the text



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Topic: current position in a user interface; cursor (23 items)
Topic: multi-processing for a user interface (14 items)
Topic: tiled vs. overlapping windows (21 items)
Topic: keystroke shortcuts as a UserInterface (22 items)
Topic: windows for a UserInterface (21 items)
Topic: using icons to represent windows (15 items)
Topic: software tools (20 items)
Topic: multiple views for a user interface (26 items)

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