F5 USER INTERFACE AND DOCUMENTATION
For more details of terms met when using the internet see Sections B1 and B2.
Software writers try to make their products attractive to the user as well as being effective and easy to use. Much time and effort is spent on designing ways in which the user interacts with the computer and the software. Most software users are more concerned with what a package can do than with how it works. They expect to be able to see and understand what the software can do, they want to be able to communicate their instructions easily and have quick and understandable responses from their computer. This requires a consistent approach to design and use of features such as logos, icons, menus, pointer types, swipe actions ...
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