User Interface Flashcards
What is a user interface?
Allows the user to itneract with a device/system
eg touch screen
Graphical user : benefits, limitations, common uses?
-used most commonly-
✓ Easy to use (especially for ametures)
✓ Intuitive
✗ Takes up storage
✗ Uses RAM and processors ‘resource hungry’
Uses: Tablets, Laptops, Smart phones/TV
Menu driven: benefits, limitations and common uses?
✓ Often simple to use
✓ Not as resource demanding
✗ Can be confusing
✗ Can be slow
Uses: Cash machine, Tourist information
Command driven : benefits, limitations and common uses?
✓ Use hardly and system resources
✓ More direct, rather than going computer → select game
✗ Most difficult to navigate
✗ Easy to make a mistake if you dont know Syntax (type this for anything to work)
Uses: By scientists, Universities - want more direct programmers
What do graphical user interfaces always conatin?
Windows
Icons
Menu’s
Pointers