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    BIT 2305 Human Computer Interface windowing Contents Windows system components metaphor concept windows system components Contents Introduction to windows Benefits Types of windows Rectangular area of visual display. Border contains independent view of data way of partitioning the computer screen Benefits Optimisation of limited display space multiple sources at one time interaction of multiple views use of one set of input devices different mouse actions allowed no complex command languages standardised interface across applications.

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    BIT 2305 Human Computer Interface windowing Contents Windows system components metaphor concept windows system components Contents Introduction to windows Benefits Types of windows Rectangular area of visual display. Border contains independent view of data way of partitioning the computer screen Benefits Optimisation of limited display space multiple sources at one time interaction of multiple views use of one set of input devices different mouse actions allowed no complex command languages standardised interface across applications.

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    BIT 2305 Human Computer

    Interface

    Windowing

    1
    Contents

    ❚ Windows system components


    ❚ Metaphor concept

    2
    Windows system components

    Contents
    ❚ Introduction to Windows
    ❚ Benefits
    ❚ Types of windows

    3
    Introduction to windows.

    ❚ Rectangular area of visual display.


    ❚ Border
    ❚ contains independent view of data
    ❚ way of partitioning the computer
    screen

    4
    Benefits

    ❚ Optimisation of limited display space


    ❚ multiple sources at one time
    ❚ interaction of multiple views
    ❚ use of one set of input devices
    ❚ different mouse actions allowed
    ❚ no complex command languages
    ❚ standardised interface across
    applications
    5
    Basic Windows components

    ❚ Windows
    ❚ menus
    ❚ controls and control panels
    ❚ dialogue boxes
    ❚ cursors

    6
    Types of windows

    ❚ Scrollable windows
    ❚ Split windows
    ❚ Tiled windows
    ❚ Overlapping windows
    ❚ Pop-up Windows
    ❚ Floating palette windows

    7
    Metaphor concept

    Contents
    ❚ What are metaphors?
    ❚ Why use metaphors?
    ❚ Problems and advantages
    ❚ Why ‘room’ metaphor?

    8
    What are metaphors?

    ❚ Verbal metaphors
    ❚ virtual interface metaphors
    ❚ Composite metaphors

    9
    Problems and advantages

    ❚ Problems with poorly designed


    metaphors:
    ❙ can cause conceptual problems and
    frustration
    ❙ may elicit inappropriate action
    ❚ Advantages of well designed
    metaphors:
    ❙ users easily develop mental models
    ❙ pictorial representations of real objects
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