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Year 8 Computing - User interfaces

Command line
interface
(CLI)
The command line interface
enables the user to give
instructions to the
computer directly, using
single characters, whole
words or abbreviations. It was the first active dialogue-style interface used with a
computer and is still widely used in spite of the many menu-driven interfaces available
today.

Menu interfaces and forms interfaces


A menu interface uses toolbars and
keyboard shortcuts to communicate
with the operating system. Menu
interfaces come in various different
forms, including roll over, pop up, pull
down or drop-down menus. The right
click function on a mouse is an example
of a menu interface.

A forms interface is often used when


extra information, which must be
supplied by the user, is required to
complete the action. An example of
this is when you click on the “Save As” menu, you are presented with a form that ask you
to supply a filename and location for the file to be saved.

WIMP
interfaces
The screenshot shows
several windows. You can
see different icons, each
representing a different
file type or program.
Along the top there is a
tool bar containing icons.
Above this, there are pull-down menus where further commands are available. WIMPs
are graphical user interfaces that use a mouse or a multi-touch surface to enable us to
manipulate icons in order to carry out tasks.

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