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Graphical user interface (GUI) ,have proved to be more user friendly than current character based systems.Other than the graphical user interface, give a summary of...

      

(i) Graphical user interface (GUI) ,have proved to be more user friendly than current character based systems.
Other than the graphical user interface, give a summary of at least three interfaces you would use in "the design of systems.
(ii) Briefly explain three ways in which GUI makes a system user friendly.

  

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gregory
(i) Graphical User Interface (GUI)
This refers to a human computer interface (HCI) based upon a graphical display. A GUI
makes use of icons, buttons, bars and boxes to perform tasks.
Human Computer Interface (HCI)
This refers to the environment where the interaction between end users and the computer is
said to take place.
Other interfaces that could be used in the design of systems:
1.Command driven interfaces- these enable the user to quickly and simply instruct
thecomputer on what to do via commands.
2.Menu driven interfaces- these provide users with menus. The menus provide the
userwith a number of options and a simple means of selecting between them.
3.Direct manipulation interfaces- these present the user with a set of options that
arerepresented by icons. The user moves the cursor using the mouse until it is over the
icon and then clicks the mouse button to select the option.
4.User Interface Management System (UIMS)- These create a means by which
aconsistent interface with the same ?look and feel? can be provided for any
number of different applications within the same system.
gregorymasila answered the question on November 21, 2017 at 20:00


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