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1 William H. Bowers Visual Interface Design

2 William H. Bowers Topics Visual Software Visual Interface Canonical Vocabulary

3 William H. Bowers Visual Software GUI ≠ ease of use Humans process visual better than text –Good at pattern matching –Good visual acuity –Words have shapes Visually show what Textually show which

4 William H. Bowers Visual Interface Use symbols for objects –Representational helps, but not required –Be consistent Restrict the vocabulary Mouse has 3 actions –Click –Drag –Drag and drop

5 William H. Bowers Canonical Vocabulary Primitives Compounds Idioms

6 William H. Bowers Questions & Discussion


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