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Automating the lexical and syntactic design of graphical user interfaces: the UofA* UIMS

Editor: James Foley Authors: Gurminder Singh, Mark GreenAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), Volume 10, Issue 3

Pages 213 - 254

https://doi.org/10.1145/108541.108543

Published: 01 July 1991 Publication History

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Reviewer: Michael G. Murphy

A key problem with user interface management systems (UIMS) is the inability of a UIMS to help in the initial design of user interfaces. The intent of the UofA* UIMS is to automate the initial design specification and implementation of the user interface. The interface designer then refines its appearance and effectiveness interactively. When successfully executed, this approach moves the interface designer from low-level syntactic and lexical detail to a higher conceptual and semantic level. UofA* has three key subsystems: Diction accepts high-level semantic commands and produces the dialogue control component, Chisel combines key elements into the presentation component, and vu is an interactive graphical facility. The ability to quickly develop and then refine a working prototype of an interface is a laudable goal and makes user interface design more friendly and productive. This paper is carefully organized and well written, which is no small feat for a work covering this much territory. Its major topics are an introduction, related work at both high and low levels, an extended example, the dialogue control component, the presentation component, the refinement process, a summary discussion, appendices on BNF for Diction's input and on algorithms for event handlers, and 36 references. The authors effectively use a variety of diagrams and other visuals to clarify key points. I recommend the paper highly for anyone with a serious interest in the design of graphical user interfaces or the engineering of a UIMS. An additional recent reference would be Marcus and van Dam [1].

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ACM Transactions on Graphics Volume 10, Issue 3

July 1991

106 pages

ISSN:0730-0301

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DOI:10.1145/108541

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James Foley
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta

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