Software environment architectures and user interface facilities

1 June 1988

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Vol. 14 (6) , 697-708
https://doi.org/10.1109/32.6151

Abstract

The authors discuss the demands and constraints on a user interface management system for a software environment, and the relation between the architecture of the environment and the user interface management system. A model for designing user interface management systems for large extensible environments is presented. This model synthesizes several recent advances in user interfaces and specializes them to the domain of software environments. The model can be applied to a wide variety of environment contexts. A prototype implementation is described.

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