[net.works] User interface talk

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From: Steven A. Swernofsky <SASW@MIT-MC>

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Date: 01/09/85 01:31:30 
From: ECC at MIT-OZ
Re:   User interface talk

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From: Eugene Ciccarelli <ECC@MIT-OZ>
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Subject: User interface talk


		 "Presentation  Based  User  Interfaces"


			  Eugene C. Ciccarelli

				 M.I.T.


		 Talk: 3 pm., Thursday, 10 January 1985

			 Refreshments: 2:45 pm.

	   AI Playroom, 8th floor, 545 Tech Square, Cambridge


    Building good user interfaces is slow and difficult.  This talk
    will describe a prototype "presentation system base", offering
    mechanisms, tools, and ready-made parts for building user
    interfaces.  A general user interface model underlies the base,
    organized around the concept of a "presentation": a visible
    text or graphic form conveying information.  The base and model
    emphasize domain independence and style independence, to apply to
    the widest possible range of interfaces.  To demonstrate the
    base's utility, three interfaces to an operating system were
    constructed, embodying different styles:  icon, menu, and
    graphical annotation.

    Host: Dick Waters