introduction
1. human
2. computer
3. interaction
4. paradigms
5. design basics
6. software process
7. design rules
8. implementation
9. evaluation
10. universal design
11. user support
12. cognitive models
13. socio-organizational
14. comm and collab
15. task models
16. dialogue
17. system models
18. rich interaction
19. groupware
20. ubicomp, VR, vis
21. hypertext and WWW
references

CHAPTER 8
implementation support

outline

links

resources

exercises

• Programming tools for interactive systems provide a means of effectively translating abstract designs and usability principles into an executable form. These tools provide different levels of services for the programmer.
• Windowing systems are a central environment for both the programmer and user of an interactive system, allowing a single workstation to support separate user-system threads of action simultaneously.
• Interaction toolkits abstract away from the physical separation of input and output devices, allowing the programmer to describe behaviors of objects at a level similar to how the user perceives them.
• User interface management systems are the final level of programming support tools, allowing the designer and programmer to control the relationship between the presentation objects of a toolkit with their functional semantics in the actual application.