User Interfaces

Witten, I. H. and Greenberg, S. (1993)
User Interfaces. In A. Ralston and E. D. Reilly (Eds.) Encyclopaedia of Computer Science, pages 1411-1414. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York. Earlier version as report 1989-361-23, September.

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Abstract

This short encyclopedia article briefly surveys both the current technology and new paradigms for user interfaces and how they are designed. It describes their evolution from job control languages to command languages and how they moved from text-based teletypes and cursor-addressable VDUs to window-based bitmapped displays.It highlights command-driven interfaces, menus, forms, natural language, direct manipulation. It introduces hypertext, multimedia, groupware and cyberspace. It also describes the relevance of design guidelines, user interface toolkits and interface evaluation to interface design

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@INCOLLECTION { 1993-UserInterfaces.Encyclo,
CLASS = { CHAPTER },
AUTHOR = { Witten, I. H. and Greenberg, S. },
TITLE = { User Interfaces },
BOOKTITLE = { Encyclopaedia of Computer Science },
PAGES = { 1411-1414 },
PUBLISHER = { Van Nostrand Reinhold },
ADDRESS = { New York },
YEAR = { 1993 },
EDITOR = { A. Ralston and E. D. Reilly },
NOTE = { Earlier version as report 1989-361-23, September },
}