User interfaces - questions
Q1. What do HCI, GUI, WIMP and CLI stand for?
Q2. Give two examples of pointing devices commonly found in WIMP interfaces.
Q3. What is an icon?
Q4. Who would typically use a CLI interface. Explain why.
Q5. Describe some typical characteristics of a form-based interface.
Q6. Who would typically use a form-based interface?
Q7. Why might a designer decide to incorporate a menu-based interface?
Q8. State three places where you might find a menu-based interface?
Q9. Describe what is meant by a natural language interface.
Q10. What is meant by a dumb terminal?