13
Architecture of User Interfaces
Objectives of this Chapter
• Introduce the look and feel and the usability of user interfaces
• Discuss the design considerations
• Demonstrate the enabling technology
13.1 Overview
Any software system is a service. A good service must satisfy the user's expectations. From the user's viewpoint, the first impression of a software system is its user interface (UI). Due to the fact that any software system should accept inputs, conduct computations, and display outputs, the user interface mainly performs two functions. One is accepting the user's inputs (input data or control commands), and the other is displaying ...
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