Group: graphical user interface

Subtopic: object-oriented vs. bit-mapped

Quote: the object-oriented graphics interface (as in MacDraw) is better than bit-mapped graphics for most direct manipulation applications [»mohaMF3_1991]

Quote: the object-oriented graphics interface (MacDraw) is weak for very fine manipulations, modifying portions of a primitive, and erasing

Subtopic: nouns and verbs

Quote: noun-verb interaction with generic commands mirrors natural languages: many nouns for data, a few verbs for data transformations that are inherently complex; e.g., Xerox Star and Apple Macintosh [»myerBA_1992]

Quote: use noun-verb commands since have more judgment in selecting an object and can change selection [»smitDC4_1982]

Quote: Star commands specify the object and then invoke the command; noun-verb [»smitDC4_1982]

Subtopic: cinematic UI

Quote: high performance computers enable cinematic user interfaces with smooth transitions, animation, and sound effects [»myerB3_2000]

Subtopic: visualization

Quote: pictures and diagrams used early in a solution, when defining setup and layout

Quote: richly linked visualization tool for software change data; discovery of high-level structures; effective access to details; used everyday [»eickSG4_2002]

Quote: use graphics for data visualization when multiple dimensions or iterative parameterization [»vansME_1980]

Quote: visualization tool used multiple views composed from matrices, cityscapes, bar charts, networks, etc.; used for discovery of high-level structures and effective access to details

Quote: LifeLines is a graphical visualization of personal histories such as medical history or court record [»plaiC4_1996]

Quote: use time lines for conditions and cases; with icons for events; add lines for relationships and filters to elide details

Subtopic: limitations of graphical UI

Quote: clicking/dragging/selection are too impoverished to accommodate expert users; purely graphical interfaces have limited expressive power [»eiseM4_1995]

Quote: see-and-point reduces us to pointing at objects; mouse buttons give us a vocabulary akin to grunts [»gentD8_1996]

Group: graphical user interface

Topic: desktop metaphor for user interfaces (18 items)
Topic: dialog boxes in a user interface (15 items)
Topic: direct engagement and theater in a user interface (35 items)
Topic: direct manipulation for a UserInterface (56 items)
Topic: dragging with a mouse (17 items)
Topic: editing by cut and paste (8 items)
Topic: eye gaze as a pointing device (7 items)
Topic: fisheye views in the user interface (16 items)
Topic: icons for a user interface (23 items)
Topic: menus for a UserInterface (31 items)
Topic: mouse as the user interface (13 items)
Topic: mouse buttons (12 items)
Topic: other pointing devices (15 items)
Topic: problems with using icons (11 items)
Topic: property sheets for objects (29 items)
Topic: raster graphics (27 items)
Topic: scrolling a window (9 items)
Topic: selecting text with a mouse (14 items)
Topic: selecting with a mouse (44 items)
Topic: tiled vs. overlapping windows (21 items)
Topic: user interface tool kits (31 items)
Topic: using icons to represent objects in a user interface (10 items)
Topic: using icons to represent windows (15 items)
Topic: windows for a UserInterface
(21 items)

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Group: object-oriented programming   (26 topics, 822 quotes)
Group: types of user interfaces   (23 topics, 298 quotes)

Topic: animation (20 items)
Topic: keystroke shortcuts as a UserInterface (22 items)
Topic: color in user interfaces (7 items)
Topic: current position in a user interface; cursor (23 items)
Topic: display console as a user interface (10 items)
Topic: ease of learning (38 items)
Topic: ease of use (47 items)
Topic: forms as a UserInterface (11 items)
Topic: graphics (16 items)
Topic: help in UserInterface (33 items)
Topic: identifying the user interface with the system (16 items)
Topic: implementation of user interfaces (18 items)
Topic: information retrieval by location (21 items)
Topic: man-machine symbiosis (46 items)
Topic: minimal manuals and guided exploration (44 items)
Topic: modes in a user interface (40 items)
Topic: multi-processing for a user interface (14 items)
Topic: multiple activities in a user interface (17 items)
Topic: multiple views for a user interface (26 items)
Topic: novice users and the UserInterface (25 items)
Topic: problem of screen size (12 items)
Topic: spatial metaphor in user interfaces (33 items)
Topic: user interface design (36 items)
Topic: visual programming (32 items)
Topic: word vs. picture
(12 items)