Principles of User Interface Software

CS 4470/6456 Fall 2002

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Relevant conferences and publications

• ACM Symposium on User Interface and Software Technology, since 1988, proceedings in the ACM Digital Library.
• Ubicomp conference (formerly Handheld and Ubiquitous Computing), since 1999
, Ubicomp 2001 and beyond to appear in the ACM Digital Library.
• HCI Area Body of Knowledge on UIST, of interest to PhD students studying for HCI Area Qualifier.

Historical individuals and events

• Douglas Engelbart
• History of the Xerox Star
• Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age, a historical account of major contributions of Xerox PARC. Chapters 14 and 15 are significant with respect to the Xerox Star and its predecessor, the Alto.

How traditional output technologies work

• How LEDs work
• How CRTs work
• How LCDs work
• How plasma displays work
• How computer monitors work

Input technologies

• How a computer keyboard works
• The Twiddler by HandyKey
• An example half keyboard
• How a computer mouse works
• How an optical mouse works
• A paper on Fitts' Law
• A lecture on Fitts' Law, delivered by Dr. Abowd on Sep. 12, 2001 in CS 4750

Interaction architectures

• Buschmann, Frank, Regine Meunier, Hans Rohnert, Peter Sommerlad and Michael Stal (1996) Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: A System of Patterns, John Wiley and Sons. Check out the description of MVC and the description of PAC.
• A description of the Observer design pattern

More information on HP CoolTown and related topics

• Main CoolTown Home page
• Main CoolTown developer's page
• Tim Kindberg, researcher/developer with CoolTown and beyond
• Information on Universal Plug and Play (UPnP)
• Information on Bluetooth

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