Chapter 15

Question 1

What are widgets

Answer 1

Controls used in WIMP interfaces

Question 2

What are windows

Answer 2

The area on screen that behave as if they were independent.

Question 3

What are pointers

Answer 3

They are used for pointing and selecting

Question 4

What are types of menus

Answer 4

• Top menu
• Contextual menu
• Pull down menu
• Drop down menu
• Pop-up menu
• Pie menu
• Cascading menu (sub menu)
• palettes (tear off menu) (menu become an isolated window, e.g. dragging of toolbar)

Question 5

What are interaction paradigms shifts

Answer 5

Ways for interaction in computer world.

• Batch processing (e.g. punch cards)
• Time-sharing
• Networking
• Video display unit
• Personal computer (e.g. notebook)
• Hypertext
• Multimodality (human communication channels used in it e.g. voice)
• CSCW (computer supported cooperative work) (e.g. email)
• Agent-based interfaces (e.g. software doing automated work for us)

Question 6

What are paradigms

Answer 6

Way of thinking

Question 7

What is metaphor

Answer 7

Relating computing to real world activity. It is effective teaching technique.

Question 8

What is memex

Answer 8

A device for hypertext. It was a micro film

Question 9

What is ubiquitous computing

Answer 9

It is interaction paradigm. It says the make computer small in size slowly.

Question 10

What is Sensor-based and context-aware interaction

Answer 10

As humans are good at recognizing the “context” of a situation and reacting properly. Make sensor-based computers is the idea. (e.g. scanning of eyes)

Question 11

What is wearable computer

Answer 11

It is interaction paradigm. We can dress computer

Question 12

What is augmented reality and physical and virtual integration

Answer 12

It is an interaction paradigm that combines digital information with physical objects. (e.g. Greeting card with digital message)