Graphical User Interface

Graphical User Interfaces and its Information

1. GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE By: Mohammad Suhaib USN:1SU20CS037 Branch:Computer Science

2. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION HISTORY CHARACTERISTICS FEATURES ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

3. INTRODUCTION A graphical User Interface (GUI),is often pronounced as ‘goo-eye’. It is a type of user interface that controls a display for the user and allows users to interact with programs. A GUI offers graphical ions, and visual indicators. It was developed because interacting with computers in textmode(C.L.I)was a very time consuming & cumbersome activity.

4. HISTORY The first graphical user interface was designed by Xerox Corporation’s in 1970s. But became popular after the Apple Macintosh’s emergence in 1980’s Before GUI was developed the operating system was strictly text based. GUI is the now very familiar user interface that allows you to interact with computers or phones using mouse or touch screen.

5. CHARACTERSTICS Sophisticated Visual Presentation Pick and Click interaction Object Orientation Visualization Views Use of Recognition Memory

6. FEATURES Windows :- The screen is divided into areas called windows. Windows are useful if you need to work on Several tasks. Icons :- These are small pictures used to represent commands, files or windows.

7. Menus :- A menu is a list of commands or choices offered to the user through the menu bar. It allows user to make selection from list. Pointers :- This is the little arrow that appears when using windows. It can be used to select and use icons.

8. ADVANTAGES Easy to use :- Since data is represented by symbols, shapes ad icons,users can easily recognize, classify and navigate options. A simple Click is all it takes to acquire a function. Because it is easy to use Easy to communicate :- Visual representation of data recognized faster than text.Non- Programmers find it easy to use GUIs since it requires no experience with computing commands.

9. Attractive :- GUI has visually appealing features and is not cluttered with Command lines codes. Visual images can portray emotions, Comments and situation with long lines of computer language. Provides shortcuts :- GUI lets users take advantage of shortcut keys to minimize Strokes. A combination of two keys in place of several action saves the user time and increases productivity.

10. DISADVANTAGES May consume more screen space Require a more powerful process and better graphics display. Slower when executing a command. Takes more disk space

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