ric@ace.sri.com (Richard Steinberger) (09/27/90)
About a week ago I asked people for some suggestions and recommendations about tools and products that might be used to help design GUIs. (I've since been told that such tools are called UIMS: User Interface Management Systems). Some people asked for a summary of responses, and I will try to provide something. So far I've received information about three products that seem useful. They are: Builder Xcessory from ICS. More details are available by sending a request to info@ics.com. 617.547.0510 X-Designer from Imperial Software Technology in the UK. Email address is sales@ist.co.uk. (+44) 743 587055 TAE+ from COSMIC, 382 East Broad St., Athens, GA, 404.542.3265. This one was developed by NASA and is only $500 for the first copy and license. Runs on Suns, VAXen, SGI, HP and others. All these three seem to generate code for the Motif interface to X11. Some others that were mentioned in the current issue of Unix World's Connectivity supplement are: UIMX, OpenLook Express from Visual Edge (St. Laurence, Que.) X Build from Nixdorf Computer (Waltham, MA) TeleUse from Telesoft (San Diego, CA) ExoCode from EXOC (Chicago, IL) Guide from SUN. VUIT demonstrated by DEC at DECUS '90. May not yet be a 'product'. Unfortunately, Unix World didn't see fit to include addresses of phone numbers. I would be interested in finding out more about some of the above products/companies (like their phone numbers). In addition, if you have used any of these design tools, I would like to hear of your experiences - good and bad. Thanks to all who reply. If enough people express interest, and I get an updated list of phone numbers and addresses, I could possibly post it. regards, ric steinberger ric@ace.sri.com