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(i) Refers to windows icons mouse ad pointing devices found on graphical user interfaces
(ii) Elements of WIMP
• Windows: Areas of the screen that behave as if they were independent
? can contain text or graphics
? can be moved or resized
? can overlap and obscure each other, or can be laid out next to one another (tiled)
? scrollbars
? allow the user to move the contents of the window up and down or from side to side
• Title bars:
? describe the name of the window
• Icons:
? small picture or image
? represents some object in the interface - often a window or action
? windows can be closed down (iconised) - small representation fi many accessible
windows
? cons can be many and various - realistic representations.
• Menu:
? Choice of operations or services offered on the screen
? Required option selected with pointer
Problem – take a lot of screen space
Solution – pop-up: menu appears when needed
• Pointer (or Mouse, Pull down menu)
? WIMP style relies on pointing and selecting things
? uses mouse, trackpad, joystick, trackball, cursor keys or keyboard shortcuts
? wide variety of graphical images
Moraa orina answered the question on April 24, 2018 at 16:49
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