Flashcards: User interfaces

The KiddiComp concept, envisioned by Alan Kay in 1968, while a PhD candidate and later developed and described as the Dynabook in his 1972 proposal A personal computer for children of all ages, outlines the requirements for a conceptual portable educational device that would offer similar functionality to that now supplied via a laptop computer or (in some of its other incarnations) a tablet or slate computer with the exception of the requirement for any Dynabook device offering near eternal battery life.

Usability is the ease of use and learnability of a human-made object such as a tool or device.

Kinect (codenamed Project Natal during development) is a line of motion sensing input devices by Microsoft for Xbox 360 and Xbox One video game consoles and Windows PCs.

GNOME Shell is the graphical shell of the GNOME desktop environment starting with version 3, which was released on April 6, 2011.

A virtual console (VC) – also known as a virtual terminal (VT) – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface.

Vimperator is a Mozilla Firefox extension forked from the original Firefox extension version of Conkeror and designed to provide a more efficient user interface for keyboard-fluent users.

In computer user interfaces, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device.

In computing, a command is a directive to a computer program acting as an interpreter of some kind, in order to perform a specific task.

Dasher is an input method and computer accessibility tool which enables users to compose text without using a keyboard, by entering text on a screen with a pointing device such as a mouse, touch screen, or mice operated by the foot or head.

HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer or rather Hardware Annotation Library) is a software subsystem for UNIX-like operating systems providing hardware abstraction.

In computing, a directory is a file system cataloging structure which contains references to other computer files, and possibly other directories.

Plesk is a commercial web hosting platform.

In computing, Fresco (formerly known as Berlin) was a windowing system intended as a replacement for the X Window System.

In computing, a window is a graphical control element.

In computing and telecommunications, a menu or menu bar is graphical control element.

A command-line interface or command language interpreter (CLI), also known as command-line user interface, console user interface, and character user interface (CUI), is a means of interacting with a computer program where the user (or client) issues commands to the program in the form of successive lines of text (command lines).

awesome is a dynamic window manager for the X Window System developed in the C and Lua programming languages.

Vuzix is an American multinational technology firm headquartered in Rochester, New York.

Pointman is a seated user interface for controlling one's avatar in a 3D virtual environment.

H-Sphere is a web hosting Automation Control Panel for shared web hosting services that was developed by Positive Software and acquired by Parallels, Inc.

Artificial Solutions is a multinational software company that develops and sells natural language interaction products for enterprise and consumer use.

In computing, a natural user interface, or NUI, or natural interface is a user interface that is effectively invisible, and remains invisible as the user continuously learns increasingly complex interactions.

Kampyle is a software and website feedback analytics company founded in 2007 and based in Ramat Gan, Israel.

The Sensorium Project was initiated by ROBOTmaker to broaden the IRCF360 sensor's audience beyond its typical robot sensor usage.

ProGuard is an open source command-line tool that shrinks, optimizes and obfuscates Java code.

The User Experience Rating (UXR) is a metric that correlates IT end-user experience with application wait times.

In human–computer interaction, an organic user interface (OUI) is defined as a user interface with a non-flat display.

Infrared Control Freak 360 (IRCF360) is a 360 degree proximity sensor and a motion sensing devices, developed by ROBOTmaker.

In user interface design, a mode is a distinct setting within a computer program or any physical machine interface, in which the same user input will produce perceived results different to those that it would in other settings.

The Nielsen Norman Group (NN/g) is an American computer user interface and user experience consulting firm, founded in 1998 by Jakob Nielsen, Don Norman and Bruce Tognazzini.

User experience design (UX, UXD, UED or XD) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the interaction between the user and the product.

A permission-driven user interface (PDUI) is a user interface in which the appearance or non-appearance of menu items or functions is driven by the access permissions granted to a user.

Windows Holographic is a mixed reality platform developed by Microsoft, built around the API of Windows 10.

Direct mode, also known as immediate mode is a computing term referring to the input of textual commands outside the context of a program.

SDL Passolo is a specialised visual software localization tool developed to enable the translation of user interfaces.

Aaron Marcus (born 22 May 1943) is an American user-interface and information-visualization designer, as well as a computer graphics artist.

In computer security, logging in, (or logging on or signing in or signing on), is the process by which an individual gains access to a computer system by identifying and authenticating themselves.

Many computer user interfaces use a control panel metaphor to give the user control of software and hardware features.

i-MSCP (internet Multi Server Control Panel) is an open-source project which allows the management of shared hosting environments on Linux servers.

Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.