Group: types of user interfaces

Subtopic: input devices designed for tasks

Quote: all computer input devices do well at some task; e.g., Etch-a-Sketch for rectangles and Skedoodle for signatures [»buxtW_1986]

Subtopic: assistants

Quote: Vellum has a Drafting Assistant to suggest relationships and commands such as 'on', 'intersection', 'tangent'; a use of "animated language" [»tognB_1992]

Subtopic: tree map

Quote: tree maps show 2-3 thousand hierarchical nodes by encoding information as a rectangle, with a color and sound; e.g., TreeViz for directories [»shneB1_1993]

Subtopic: minimal attention

Quote: a minimal-attention user interface does not compete with other modes of interaction; special purpose [»pascJ9_2000]

Quote: use time and location to simplify a minimal-attention user interface; uses a clock and GPS [»pascJ9_2000]

Subtopic: multi-modal interface

Quote: in video games, users manipulate more than one device at a time to achieve a goal [»buxtW_1986]

Subtopic: games

Quote: why do children love Legos? immediate, universal, simple, incremental, kinesthetic, visible, quick, examples, safe, fun [»myerBA_1992]

Subtopic: OS vs. UI

Quote: for many computer users, the operating system and the user interface are the same; so consistent interface by a virtual operating system [»hallDE9_1980]

Subtopic: tabular display vs. question-answer

Quote: even if can program a system to answer questions, often simpler to display all the information in a table or graph [»nelsTH_1974]

Subtopic: rapid selection

Quote: Alphaslider allows alphabetic selection from 10,000 titles in 13 seconds using 7 cm; current selection, coarse/fine thumbs, left/right arrows, initial letter index [»ahlbC4_1994]

Group: types of user interfaces

Topic: abbreviated input (10 items)
Topic: arrow-jump keys for a UserInterface (5 items)
Topic: browsing with a user interface (14 items)
Topic: keystroke shortcuts as a UserInterface (22 items)
Topic: command-line as a UserInterface (25 items)
Topic: customized user interfaces (10 items)
Topic: dial as a user interface (4 items)
Topic: display console as a user interface (10 items)
Topic: document-centered system (12 items)
Topic: editor as the UserInterface (10 items)
Topic: event loop for a user interface (11 items)
Topic: forms as a UserInterface (11 items)
Topic: gestural interfaces and marker menus (21 items)
Topic: keyboard design (4 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: prompted input (5 items)
Topic: selecting command names for a user interface (15 items)
Topic: step-by-step dialog (3 items)
Topic: writing with a stylus (3 items)
Topic: training wheels for the user interface (10 items)
Topic: voice and sound as a user interface
(26 items)

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