Types of User Interfaces

Start with the interface types

The mind map Human Computer Interfaces introduces menu-driven, graphical and command-line interfaces. Start there to see the types together. Its menu-driven section describes choosing an option from a menu, while another mind map with the same title looks at typing commands into a command line.

Several maps are titled User Interfaces. One includes menu-driven, graphical and natural language interfaces. Another focuses on graphical interfaces and their windows, menus, icons and pointers. Open the maps to see which approach helps you organize the terms.

Compare features with flashcards

After looking at a map, use Flashcards about main types of interfaces to go over command-line, menu-driven, graphical and voice interfaces, as well as special devices. The deck User interfaces and Human -Machine Interface asks about the features of graphical and command-line interfaces and how they compare.

Try answering each card before turning it over. Then return to a map and check the features you found difficult to recall. You can use the map's branches to group related terms rather than studying each term on its own.

Use quizzes alongside maps

For a focused check, try the quiz Command-line interfaces after studying the command-line map. The listed introductory computing quiz also includes a question about which interface relies most on an electronic mouse. Use a graphical interface map to go over the features connected with that question.

If an answer is uncertain, look back at the relevant map or flashcard before trying to explain the distinction in your own words.

Place the topic in the unit

Types of User Interfaces is a section of Human-Computer Interaction and User Interfaces in Computing and ICT. The resources bring interface types and human-computer interaction together, so you can use their shared terms to connect this topic with the wider unit. Choose a resource and start exploring.