User Interface Flashcards

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What is a user interface?

A

Allows the user to itneract with a device/system

eg touch screen

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Graphical user : benefits, limitations, common uses?

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-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

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Menu driven: benefits, limitations and common uses?

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✓ Often simple to use

✓ Not as resource demanding

✗ Can be confusing

✗ Can be slow

Uses: Cash machine, Tourist information

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Command driven : benefits, limitations and common uses?

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✓ 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

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What do graphical user interfaces always conatin?

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Windows

Icons

Menu’s

Pointers

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