T.Sharon - A.Frank 1 Multimedia Character User Interfaces.
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Generations of User Interfaces
• Generations of User Interfaces:1. CUI – Character/Command User
Interface
2. GUI - Graphic User Interface
3. MUI - Multimedia User Interface
• Comparison of User Interfaces
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1 .Character/Command User Interface (CUI)
There are 4 major CUIs:
• Command line dialogues
• Programming language dialogues
• Menu systems
• Form filling dialogues
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1 .Command Line Dialogues
The user types instructions to the computer in a formally defined command language
[copy[/A][/B][d:][path]filename[.ext]
[d:][path]filename[.ext]
Command OptionsFull specification
of filenameAbbreviated
filenameMay haveextension
Source filespecification
Destination filespecification
Example of DOS command
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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%
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3 .Menu Systems
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 outputSelect option ? __
• The user chooses a command by selecting from a displayed menu.
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4 .Form Filling Dialogues
• The user issues commands by filling in fields in forms displayed on the screen.
Name: ______ Sex(M/F): _Age: ___AddressStreet: ______________ House: ____City: __ ________ Zip: _____
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