User Interface

Question 1

What is a user interface?

Answer 1

Allows the user to itneract with a device/system

eg touch screen

Question 2

Graphical user : benefits, limitations, common uses?

Answer 2

-used most commonly-

✓ Easy to use (especially for ametures)

✓ Intuitive

✗ Takes up storage

✗ Uses RAM and processors ‘resource hungry’

Uses: Tablets, Laptops, Smart phones/TV

Question 3

Menu driven: benefits, limitations and common uses?

Answer 3

✓ Often simple to use

✓ Not as resource demanding

✗ Can be confusing

✗ Can be slow

Uses: Cash machine, Tourist information

Question 4

Command driven : benefits, limitations and common uses?

Answer 4

✓ Use hardly and system resources

✓ More direct, rather than going computer → select game

✗ Most difficult to navigate

✗ Easy to make a mistake if you dont know Syntax (type this for anything to work)

Uses: By scientists, Universities - want more direct programmers

Question 5

What do graphical user interfaces always conatin?

Answer 5

Windows

Icons

Menu’s

Pointers