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Spatial issues in user interface design from a graphic design perspective
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Marcus, Aaron |
| Copyright Year | 1989 |
| Description | The user interface of a computer system is a visual display that provides information about the status of operations on data within the computer and control options to the user that enable adjustments to these operations. From the very beginning of computer technology the user interface was a spatial display, although its spatial features were not necessarily complex or explicitly recognized by the users. All text and nonverbal signs appeared in a virtual space generally thought of as a single flat plane of symbols. Current technology of high performance workstations permits any element of the display to appear as dynamic, multicolor, 3-D signs in a virtual 3-D space. The complexity of appearance and the user's interaction with the display provide significant challenges to the graphic designer of current and future user interfaces. In particular, spatial depiction provides many opportunities for effective communication of objects, structures, processes, navigation, selection, and manipulation. Issues are presented that are relevant to the graphic designer seeking to optimize the user interface's spatial attributes for effective visual communication. |
| File Size | 435925 |
| Page Count | 8 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19900013623 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t2n63fg03 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1989-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Man/system Technology And Life Support Image Analysis Human-computer Interface Display Devices Symbols Computer Graphics Computer Systems Design Navigation Aids Numerical Control Space Perception Workstations Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |