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Multimedia. Character User Interfaces. Multimedia Interfaces - The Vision:. Perfect HCI - No Mediators. Too overloaded UI?!. Generations of User Interfaces. Generations of User Interfaces: CUI – Character/Command User Interface GUI - Graphic User Interface MUI - Multimedia User Interface
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Multimedia Character User Interfaces T.Sharon - A.Frank
Multimedia Interfaces - The Vision: Perfect HCI - No Mediators T.Sharon - A.Frank
Too overloaded UI?! T.Sharon - A.Frank
Generations of User Interfaces • Generations of User Interfaces: • CUI – Character/Command User Interface • GUI - Graphic User Interface • MUI - Multimedia User Interface • Comparison of User Interfaces T.Sharon - A.Frank
1. Character/Command User Interface (CUI) There are 4 major CUIs: • Command line dialogues • Programming language dialogues • Menu systems • Form filling dialogues T.Sharon - A.Frank
1. Command Line Dialogues The user types instructions to the computer ina formally defined command language [copy[/A][/B][d:][path]filename[.ext] [d:][path]filename[.ext] Command Options Full specification of filename Abbreviated filename May have extension Source file specification Destination file specification T.Sharon - A.Frank Example of DOS command
Example command line dialogue T.Sharon - A.Frank
Command options T.Sharon - A.Frank
2. Programming Language Dialogues • The command language allows its own extensions through the definition of procedures % % alias cr ‘cd \!*; rm *’ % set filename = /etc/passwd % setenv DISPLAY tlpth15:0.0 % T.Sharon - A.Frank
autoexec.bat T.Sharon - A.Frank
Sample batch file T.Sharon - A.Frank
3. Menu Systems • The user chooses a command by selecting from a displayed menu. Choose program option that is desired: 1 = input data manually 2 = input data from existing data file 3 = perform simplified analysis 4= perform detailed analysis 5 = produce tabular output Select option ? __ T.Sharon - A.Frank
Pine Mail Menu T.Sharon - A.Frank
4. Form Filling Dialogues • The user issues commands by filling in fields in forms displayed on the screen. Name: ______ Sex(M/F): _ Age: ___ Address Street: ______________ House: ____ City: __ ________ Zip: _____ Back:Shift+Tab Next:Tab ^T:Top ^X:Exit T.Sharon - A.Frank
More Modern Forms T.Sharon - A.Frank
But how to sign on forms?! T.Sharon - A.Frank