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3 unusual facts about user interface design


Bevil Wooding

At Teleios Systems he was responsible for wide range of information management and Internet solutions as well as services including strategic IT planning, requirements analysis, user-interface design, internet marketing, application development, and implementation and training.

Jimmy White's 'Whirlwind' Snooker

Although the game was not the first to simulate snooker (or pool) in 3D, it made full use of the processing power and graphics capabilities of 16-bit home computers and was praised for its then ground-breaking realism and easy-to-use interface.

UISE

User interface design, sometimes known as "User Interface Software Engineering" (UISE), a general application and appliance design principle focussing on the user's experience and interaction


Pattern language

Since the original publications, thinking in terms of patterns and pattern languages has been applied to other fields, including software design, user interface design, classroom curriculum, and social change.

Project Cybersyn

The futuristic operations room was designed by a team led by the interface designer Gui Bonsiepe.


see also

Albhy Galuten

As an inventor, Galuten is noted for having created the first commercial drum loop ("Stayin' Alive", Bee Gees), the enhanced CD and patents on content distribution and resolution, on customer care and on User Interface design.

Blook

The first printed blook was User Interface Design for Programmers, by Joel Spolsky, published by Apress on June 26, 2001, based on his blog Joel on Software.

Hartmut Esslinger

Other major client engagements include Lufthansa's global design and brand strategy, SAP's corporate identity and software user interface, Microsoft Windows branding and user interface design, Siemens, NEC, Olympus, HP, Motorola and General Electric.

Home theater

Media center, refers either to a dedicated computer appliance (like a Home theater PC) or to a specialized personal computer software, both of which are adapted for playing various kinds of media (music, movies, photos etc.), and it usually has a 10-foot user interface design to be used in living-room TV with a remote control.