Zusammenfassung der Ressource
USER INTERFACES
- Definition
- The link between the user and
the technology that they are
using.
- Involves both hardware and software
- GUI
- Graphical User Interface
- Most common type of interface
- Use icons to represent familiar tasks
- Menu-Driven Interface
- Users are restricted to
a limited choice of
actions
- Originally, menus
were chosen by
entering a single
number from a list
- Touch screen now employed
- Options are presented in a logical order
- Command Line Interface
- Uncommon with non-expert users
- Difficult to learn and use than others
- User types in text-based
commands for the
computer to execute
- User has to know the commands beforehand
- Natural Language Interface
- Tries to match word
user has entered to
keywords
- To communicate
with an ICT system
the same way you
would communicate
with a human