Year 12 Assignment

17th November 2015

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Types of user interface

Complete the boxes for the different types of User Interfaces.
Use the presentations created last week to help you.
Go online and research to assist you.
User
interface
Graphical
user
interface

WIMP
interface

Description
A humancomputer
interaction
interface,
which uses
windows,
icons and
menus,
which can
be
manipulated
by a
pointing
device.

Its a style of
GUI that is
now used
within most
operating
systems It
stands for
Windows
Icons
Menus
Pointer.

Advantage
s
-Easier to
use when
compared
to other
interfaces
like the
command
line
-Possibility
to
exchange
data
between
different
software
applications
-What you
see is what
you get
- Its simple
and great
for
beginners
as you dont
have to
learn any
complicated
commands.

Disadvantage
s
-Takes up a lot
of hard disk
space.
-Need a lot of
RAM memory
to run properly
-Might be too
slow for
experienced
professionals
and
programmers

-Being a type
of GUI lots the
advantages
and
disadvantages
are pretty
much the
same

Example

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Comman
d line
interface

Windows
systems

Carries out
instructions
that it
receives as
text. With
CLI the
command
line appears
in a small
window on
screen and
a prompt
indicating
that the
computer is
waiting to
receive an
instruction
from the
user.
Enables
rectangular
areas in the
screen to
act as
interfaces
with
different
applications
or
programmes
. Windows
can be:
minimised,
maximised,
resized,
moved and
restored
down.

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-Much
faster to
use than
GUIs for a
trained
professional
.
-Does not
require that
much RAM
memory to
run.
-Can be
used with
cheaper
hardware.
-Does not
require
Windows to
run
-Very
flexible
which is
good when
working
with limitedspaced
screens
-You can
have
multiple
windows
opened at
the same
time which
means
different
applications
and that
you can
exchange
information
between
them

-Might be hard
and confusing
for a beginner
-A command
typed in
wrongly can
ruin the entire
operation.
-You have to
learn and
memorize the
hundreds of
different
commands
precisely.

-Take up quite
some space in
a screen.
-Can be
impractical
when the user
wants to use
only one
application.
-Use a lot of
processing
space and
RAM memory.

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Natural
language
interface

Enables
user to
interact with
a computer
by a spoken
language.

-No need
for training
-Its more
realistic and
flexible than
a simple
dialogue
interface
-Can be of
great help
for
physically
disabled
people.

-It can
misunderstand
commands
sometimes
Its not very
reliable.
-Its not as
accessible and
available as
other forms of
interface.

Forms

Are effective
interfaces in
both paperbased and
electronic
formats.

-Limited
options
-Not good for
very complex
processes.
-Can be
troubling for
people with
sight problems.

Desktop

Provides a
key visual
interface for
the user. In
a similar
way to
which
someone
can look at
their desk
and visually
see the
different
equipment
and
documents
laid out

-Easy to
program
-Its clear
what
options do
you have
when filling
it out.
-Data enter
is faster
-No need
for much
processing
space or
memory
-You can
see all the
icons at the
same time
-Its easy to
use and
very
interactive.

-Sometimes
the icons can
be misleading.

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before them.

Due:
Friday 20th November P1

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