A portable and extensible environment for developing interactive applications

Author

Hinckley, Kee ; Schulert, Andrew

Author_Institution

Apollo Comput. Inc., Chelmsford, MA, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

Feb. 29 1988-March 3 1988

Firstpage

303

Lastpage

306

Abstract

A description is given of work on an architecture for the construction of interactive applications. Originally, on Apollo workstations, almost all support for interactive applications was embedded in a single application, the display manager (DM). The original conception of the DM is discussed, covering its advantages and disadvantages. The new user environment architecture and how it maintains the advantages and eliminates the disadvantages of the DM are examined. Two relatively unplanned results of the redesign are considered: the ability to merge the DM with the X window system, and the ability to develop system-independent (portable) tools.<>

Keywords

programming environments; workstations; Apollo workstations; DM; X window system; display manager; extensible environment; interactive applications; portable environment; portable tools; system-independent tools; user environment architecture; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer displays; Delta modulation; Emulation; Filling; Radio access networks; Software standards; User interfaces; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '88. Thirty-Third IEEE Computer Society International Conference, Digest of Papers

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0828-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1988.4879

Filename

4879