Chapter 15 Flashcards
What are widgets
Controls used in WIMP interfaces
What are windows
The area on screen that behave as if they were independent.
What are pointers
They are used for pointing and selecting
What are types of menus
- Top menu
- Contextual menu
- Pull down menu
- Drop down menu
- Pop-up menu
- Pie menu
- Cascading menu (sub menu)
- palettes (tear off menu) (menu become an isolated window, e.g. dragging of toolbar)
What are interaction paradigms shifts
Ways for interaction in computer world.
- Batch processing (e.g. punch cards)
- Time-sharing
- Networking
- Video display unit
- Personal computer (e.g. notebook)
- Hypertext
- Multimodality (human communication channels used in it e.g. voice)
- CSCW (computer supported cooperative work) (e.g. email)
- Agent-based interfaces (e.g. software doing automated work for us)
What are paradigms
Way of thinking
What is metaphor
Relating computing to real world activity. It is effective teaching technique.
What is memex
A device for hypertext. It was a micro film
What is ubiquitous computing
It is interaction paradigm. It says the make computer small in size slowly.
What is Sensor-based and context-aware interaction
As humans are good at recognizing the “context” of a situation and reacting properly. Make sensor-based computers is the idea. (e.g. scanning of eyes)
What is wearable computer
It is interaction paradigm. We can dress computer
What is augmented reality and physical and virtual integration
It is an interaction paradigm that combines digital information with physical objects. (e.g. Greeting card with digital message)
