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A Comparison of Different HCI styles in a KBSE SystemThere has been a sizable amount of research about the relative merits of different styles of human-computer interfaces and information presentation. However, it has not been possible to declare a definitive winner between graphical and text-based interfaces. Each of these interface styles provides its own advantages that may be more relevant than the other depending on the domain and characteristics of the user population in which they are applied. This paper compares graphical and text-based interfaces for formal specifications in the context of the Amphion system. It focuses in those features that make the text-based interface desirable as a substitute or a complement to a graphical interface. In order to address these problems, a new, text-based interface has been developed as an alternative/complement to the existing graphical interface. The text-based interface avoids problems by representing the information about objects and their relationships in the form of natural language sentences. This representation makes it easy for novice users to better understand the specifications. By presenting the specification information organized in the form of outlines that can be selectively expanded and collapsed, the user is given a high degree of control over the information that is displayed at any given time.
Document ID
20040052878
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Lazzeri, Santos Gerardo
(RECOM Technologies, Inc. Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1995
Subject Category
Computer Programming And Software
Meeting Information
Meeting: PROLAMAT 1998
Location: Trento
Country: Italy
Start Date: September 8, 1998
End Date: September 12, 1998
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS2-14217
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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