Specification of Interface Interaction Objects
Specification of Interface Interaction Objects
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1998-10-15
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Carr, David
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Abstract
User Interface Management Systems have signigicantly reduced the effort
required to build a user interface. However, current systems assume a set
of standard "widgets" and make no provisions for defining new ones. This
forces the user interface designers to either do without or laboriously build
new widgets with code. The Interface Objects Graph is presented as a method
for specifying and communicating the design of innteraction objects or widgets.
Two sample specifications are presented, one for a secure switch and the other
for a two dimensional graphical browser.
(Also cross-referenced as CAR-TR-687)