Prototyping user interfaces for applications depicted by graphs

Author

Beaudouin-Lafon, M. ; Karsenty, Solange

Author_Institution

Lab. de Res. en Inf., Univ. de Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

Volume

2

fYear

1988

fDate

0-0 1988

Firstpage

436

Lastpage

445

Abstract

A tool for constructing graphical interfaces for several kinds of applications is described. The tool, called Graffiti, maintains the display of a graph representing the data of the application. The graph can be manipulated directly by the user, Such actions are linked to application operations. This tool has two components: one to describe the layout and syntactic constraints on the graph, the other to describe the layout of the user interface and the interactive dialogue with the end user. It can be used to construct or prototype such diverse pieces of software as state diagram editors, Petri nets development utilities, network simulation systems, tools for software engineering based on dataflow diagrams, etc.<>

Keywords

computer graphics; software tools; user interfaces; Graffiti; computer graphics; direct manipulation interfaces; graphical interfaces; interactive dialogue; prototyping; software tools; syntactic constraints; user interfaces; Application software; Displays; Layout; Petri nets; Prototypes; Software engineering; Software prototyping; Software tools; User interfaces; Virtual prototyping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1988. Vol.II. Software Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-First Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kailua-Kona, HI, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0842-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1988.11835

Filename

11835