Graphical User Interface (GUI)
A Graphical User Interface (GUI) is an application user-computer interface that enables visual interaction through graphical elements and pointing devices.
- AKA: Graphical Interface, Visual Interface, WIMP Interface, Windowing Interface, Graphical User-Computer Interface.
- Context:
- It can typically display Visual Interface Elements through screen rendering.
- It can typically support Direct Manipulation Tasks via mouse interactions.
- It can typically provide Visual Feedback Mechanisms through animation effects.
- It can often implement Window Management Systems via window managers.
- It can often enable Drag-and-Drop Operations through gesture recognition.
- It can often facilitate Visual Design Patterns via widget librarys.
- It can range from being a Simple Graphical User Interface to being a Complex Graphical User Interface, depending on its element complexity.
- It can range from being a Desktop Graphical User Interface to being a Mobile Graphical User Interface, depending on its platform target.
- It can range from being a Static Graphical User Interface to being a Dynamic Graphical User Interface, depending on its content adaptability.
- It can range from being a 2D Graphical User Interface to being a 3D Graphical User Interface, depending on its spatial dimensions.
- It can range from being a Single-Window Graphical User Interface to being a Multi-Window Graphical User Interface, depending on its window management.
- It can integrate with Graphics Rendering Engines for visual processing.
- It can integrate with Event Processing Systems for user input handling.
- ...
- Examples:
- Operating System GUIs, such as:
- Desktop Operating System GUIs, such as:
- Mobile Operating System GUIs, such as:
- Web Application GUIs, such as:
- Frontend Framework GUIs, such as:
- CSS Framework GUIs, such as:
- Desktop Application GUIs, such as:
- Cross-Platform GUIs, such as:
- IDE GUIs, such as:
- Mobile Application GUIs, such as:
- Native Mobile GUIs, such as:
- Cross-Platform Mobile GUIs, such as:
- Game GUIs, such as:
- Game Engine GUIs, such as:
- Unity UI System for Unity game engine.
- Unreal UMG GUI for Unreal Engine.
- Godot GUI for Godot engine.
- Game Interface Elements, such as:
- Game Engine GUIs, such as:
- Enterprise Application GUIs, such as:
- ERP System GUIs, such as:
- CRM System GUIs, such as:
- Specialized GUIs, such as:
- CAD Software GUIs, such as:
- AutoCAD GUI for computer-aided design.
- SolidWorks GUI for 3D modeling.
- Blender GUI for 3D creation.
- Media Editing GUIs, such as:
- Scientific Software GUIs, such as:
- CAD Software GUIs, such as:
- ...
- Operating System GUIs, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Command-Line Interface, which uses text-based interaction.
- Voice Interface, which uses speech interaction.
- Hardware Interface, which provides physical connections.
- See: Application User-Computer Interface, Command-Line Interface, User Interface Design, Visual Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Window Manager, Widget Toolkit, Event-Driven Programming, Direct Manipulation, WIMP Paradigm.
References
2017
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface Retrieved:2017年6月21日.
- The graphical user interface (GUI ), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation. GUIs were introduced in reaction to the perceived steep learning curve of command-line interfaces (CLIs),[1] [2] [3] which require commands to be typed on a computer keyboard.
The actions in a GUI are usually performed through direct manipulation of the graphical elements. Beyond computers, GUIs are used in many handheld mobile devices such as MP3 players, portable media players, gaming devices, smartphones and smaller household, office and industrial controls. The term GUI tends not to be applied to other lower-display resolution types of interfaces, such as video games (where heads-up display (HUD) is preferred), or not including flat screens, like volumetric displays because the term is restricted to the scope of two-dimensional display screens able to describe generic information, in the tradition of the computer science research at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC).
- The graphical user interface (GUI ), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation. GUIs were introduced in reaction to the perceived steep learning curve of command-line interfaces (CLIs),[1] [2] [3] which require commands to be typed on a computer keyboard.