THE USE OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLIC COMMANDS (ICONS) IN APPLICATION PROGRAMS
Abstract
This paper describes the use of Graphical Symbols (Icons) as a means of communicating operating commands between application program and users. detailed in the paper is the operational command system for a "Spread Sheet Calculator" which was &signed to be driven entirely by Graphical Symbols using a "point and activate" command method. 83 Graphical Symbols were required to operate the program and these were developed using a "graphical symbol generator". The example User experiences are also discussed.
BibTeX
@inproceedings {10.2312:eg.19851002,
booktitle = {Eurographics Conference Proceedings},
editor = {C.E. Vandoni},
title = {{THE USE OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLIC COMMANDS (ICONS) IN APPLICATION PROGRAMS}},
author = {Woodgate, H. Sam},
year = {1985},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1017-4656},
DOI = {10.2312/eg.19851002}
}
booktitle = {Eurographics Conference Proceedings},
editor = {C.E. Vandoni},
title = {{THE USE OF GRAPHICAL SYMBOLIC COMMANDS (ICONS) IN APPLICATION PROGRAMS}},
author = {Woodgate, H. Sam},
year = {1985},
publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
ISSN = {1017-4656},
DOI = {10.2312/eg.19851002}
}